A woman is in police custody after she allegedly stabbed a female passenger on a train platform at the Taipei MRT’s Shipai Station, causing non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Taipei Police Department said it received a report about a stabbing at 5:50pm and dispatched officers to the station.
Upon arriving, officers found the victim conscious with stab wounds on her back and shoulder, and transported her to a local hospital, the department said.
Photo: screen grab from Google Maps
The victim, a 42-year-old woman surnamed Chen (陳), was sitting in a seat on the train platform when a 40-year-old woman, surnamed Lin (林), stabbed her in the back with a knife, which left a 2cm to 3cm wound, police sources said.
Lin was then quickly restrained by a station security guard and members of the public, and was later turned over to the police and taken to Shipai Police Station for questioning.
Lin and Chen did not know each other before the attack, and Lin’s unclear mental state after the attack made it impossible to quickly establish a motive, the sources said.
A photograph distributed by the police showed that the weapon used in the attack was a small paring knife, the kind commonly used to cut fruit, with a metal blade and a green plastic handle.
Following questioning, Lin would be turned over to prosecutors on suspicion of causing bodily harm under the Criminal Code, police sources said.
Taiwan is stepping up plans to create self-sufficient supply chains for combat drones and increase foreign orders from the US to counter China’s numerical superiority, a defense official said on Saturday. Commenting on condition of anonymity, the official said the nation’s armed forces are in agreement with US Admiral Samuel Paparo’s assessment that Taiwan’s military must be prepared to turn the nation’s waters into a “hellscape” for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Paparo, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, reiterated the concept during a Congressional hearing in Washington on Wednesday. He first coined the term in a security conference last
Prosecutors today declined to say who was questioned regarding alleged forgery on petitions to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators, after Chinese-language media earlier reported that members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Youth League were brought in for questioning. The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau confirmed that two people had been questioned, but did not disclose any further information about the ongoing investigation. KMT Youth League members Lee Hsiao-liang (李孝亮) and Liu Szu-yin (劉思吟) — who are leading the effort to recall DPP caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) and Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) — both posted on Facebook saying: “I
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,912) for advertisements that exceed its approved business scope, requiring the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license may be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter enforcement of Chinese e-commerce platforms and measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan in response to US President Donald Trump’s heavy tariffs on China. The Legislative Yuan’s Finance Committee met today to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) said
Sung Chien-liang (宋建樑), who led efforts to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lee Kun-cheng (李坤城), was released on bail of NT$80,000 today amid outcry over his decision to wear a Nazi armband to questioning the night before. Sung arrived at the New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office for questioning in a recall petition forgery case last night wearing a red armband bearing a swastika, carrying a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and giving a Nazi salute. Sung left the building at 1:15am without the armband and covering the book with his coat. Lee said today that this is a serious
RSS