Four burly Swedish cops put their New York City vacation on hold to answer the call of duty on a Manhattan subway train last night . The friends were on their way to see Les Misérables on Broadway , DNA Info reports , and rushed in to stop a brutal assault on a crowded rush-hour 6 train . 'We came here for vacation . We ’ ve been here one day . We ’ re no heroes , just tourists , ' Makrus Åsberg , a 25-year-old officer with the police Uppsala , Sweden , told the New York Post . 'We 're no heroes , just tourists ' : The Swedish cops ( pictured left to right ) Erik Näslund , 26 , Samuel Kvarzell , 25 , Makrus Åsberg , 25 , and Eric Jansberger , 28 , said they were just answering the call of duty . Mr Asberg , along with Erik Naslund , Samuel Kvarzell and Eric Jansberger , subdued an enraged homeless man who was viciously beating another rider on the train . The Samaritan Scandinavians stopped the violence and held the attacker until the NYPD could arrive , the Post reports . Video from the incident shows Kvarzell and Asberg holding the suspect down and trying to calm him down as he screams . ' I ca n't breath ! I ca n't breath ! ' he screams . 'Take it easy , just calm down , ' Asberg tells him . The friends sprang into action after a frantic conductor yelled over the intercom : 'Are there any police officers on the train ? ' As the train pulled into the Bleeker Street station , the Nordic lawmen found a homeless man pummeling another rider in the next car . Three of the Swedes tended to the aggressor ( background ) and held him for police , while the fourth stayed with the victim , who had been badly beaten in the fight . The Nordic tourists kept both men calm until NYPD cops showed up to sort out the scene . The victim had a bloody mouth and seemed to be badly beaten and was not defending himself the Swedes told the Post . One of the officers put the attacker in an arm lock , while two others held him down to the floor of the train . 'One of the guys tried to wrestle us so [ we ] wrestled him to the floor until the police came , ' Kvarzell , 25 , who is also an officer , told DNA Info . 'We do n't have authority or anything but we thought somebody might need help , ' he said . When NYPD officers showed up , they took custody of the aggressor and the four tourists went on their way to Les Misérables . Markus Asberg ( left ) and Samuel Kvarzell ( right ) stepped in to stop a brutal beating on a New York subway train along with two other friends , all of whom are police officers in their native Sweden . Eric Jansberger ( left ) and Erik Naslund ( right ) had only just arrived in New York and were on their way to see Les Misérables on Broadway when they answered the call of duty .
The friends were on their way to see Les Misérables on Broadway when a conductor on the 6 train called for help . The men , who are all police officers in their native Sweden , wrestled the suspect to the floor and held him until NYPD could arrive . 'We ’ re no heroes , just tourists , ' says Uppsala , Sweden , police officer .