A woman who was yesterday stabbed by an ex-boyfriend in broad daylight in Taipei’s Neihu District (内湖) succumbed to her injuries last night, city officials said.
The male suspect, who had previously been charged and detained for committing domestic violence against the woman, has been detained and charged with attempted murder.
The Taipei Fire Department received a report at 11am yesterday of a knife incident on Ruiguang Road that left two injured.
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A 52-year-old man, surnamed Su (宿), reportedly wielded a knife and repeatedly stabbed a 48-year-old woman surnamed Tsai (蔡) before turning the knife on himself.
Su was treated in a hospital and is in stable condition, but officials announced at 7pm yesterday that Tsai had succumbed to her injuries.
Su was taken into police custody and was not compliant with police in providing a written statement.
He reportedly admitted that he had ambushed Tsai, a married woman who he was in a relationship with last year, outside her place of residence.
He attempted to talk with her, but then took out a 20cm knife and stabbed Tsai on the right side of her chest, upper abdomen and left elbow and forearm.
Su then inflicted a stab wound to his left chest, but remained conscious.
He remained at the scene, where he was apprehended by police in an agitated state.
Tsai was taken to a hospital, but became unresponsive on the way.
After questioning, police charged Su with attempted murder and transferred him to the Shilin District Prosecutors' Office.
Su, who is unemployed, had reportedly been previously sentenced for committing domestic abuse against Tsai during their relationship. The Shilin District Court last year ordered that Su be detained for 100 days for beating Tsai on at least two occasions.
Tsai reportedly confessed her relationship with Su to her husband in March last year and promised to break off all contact with him, who had refused to end the relationship, court filings showed.
However, the two met up in July last year.
While Tsai was getting her hair cut at a salon, Su grew impatient and the two argued after returning to Su’s residence, leading Su to grab Tsai by the neck and forcefully expel her from his home while smashing her phone, court documents showed.
In September last year, the two met to discuss the July incident, during which Su grabbed Tsai by the neck and demanded she call her husband, they said.
After she refused, Su grabbed her by the hair and slammed her against the floor, they said.
Tsai lost consciousness several times and was only able to escape after Su became tired from the beating, they added.
The September incident led to Su’s 100-day detention.
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