Source: Taiwan: Four killed, 24 injured in Taipei MRT subway knife attack
Taiwan: Four killed, 24 injured in Taipei MRT subway knife attack
BY DESCRIER STAFF ON MAY 21, 2014 HEADLINES, WORLD
Four people have been killed and 24 injured after a drunk university student went on a stabbing rampage aboard an MRT subway train in Taiwan.
The attack occurred at around 16:00 local time (08:00 GMT), when a 21-year-old student from Tunghai University in the central city of Taichung appeared to attack other passengers at random.
Panicked passengers rushed from the train when it arrived at Jiangzicui station, and shouted at those waiting to flee from the knife-wielding attacker.
Security guards at the station called the police, who quickly arrested the student and confiscated the 10cm knife he was using as a weapon. He is reported to have smelled strongly of alcohol.
Taipei Police Chief Chen Kou-en told reporters that the attacker told police that he had planned the attack from childhood and wanted to make headlines by committing an act that was “shocking and big”.
The three victims who died at the scene have been described as a 47-year-old woman, one man in his 20s, and another in his 30s. AP is reporting that a 62-year-old woman has also died in surgery following the attack.
出處：http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27504881
Taiwan subway knife attack leaves three dead
A knife attack on a subway train near Taiwan's capital, Taipei, has left at least three people dead and more than 25 others injured.
The attacker, said to be a 21-year-old student, boarded the train at the Longshan Temple station, police said.
Passengers fled at the next station, Jiangzicui, reports said. TV footage showed the train spattered with blood.
The attacker, who some reports said was drunk, was taken into police custody following the incident.
Police told the BBC he said he wanted to do something big.
The attack happened about 16:00 local time (08:00GMT). Among the three people who died were a 47-year-old woman and two men aged 20 and 30.
Police said the attacker used a knife 10cm (four inches) long and had another longer blade with him, the Associated Press news agency said.
The attack is highly unusual for Taiwan, where violent incidents are rare, says the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei.
出處：http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/604198/3-killed-25-wounded-in-taiwan-subway-knife-attack
3 killed, 25 wounded in Taiwan subway knife attack
Police blockade the scene of a stabbing incident at the Jiangzicui Station of the Taipei Metro in Taipei on May 21, 2014. A knife-wielding man went on a stabbing spree aboard a Taipei subway train on May 21, killing three people and wounding 25 others in the worst such incident on the island, police said. AFP
TAIPEI, Taiwan—A knife-wielding attacker went on a stabbing spree aboard a Taipei subway train Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 25 others, police said.
The man, a 21-year-old college student, was immediately arrested after the incident, the first fatal attack on the city’s subway system since it began operations in 1996, police said.
It was not immediately clear why the man launched the unexpected attack, police said.
The incident happened around 0800 GMT when the man began attacking travellers on a subway train outside Taipei, sending hundreds of people screaming and fleeing for help.
The victims were identified as one woman and two men, according to the police.
Television images showed pools of blood on the train and passengers who survived the attacks giving witness accounts.
After being alerted to the attacks, authorities immediately reinforced police deployment on the busy subway system, which transports around 1.85 million visitors per day.
出處：http://www.infowars.com/4-killed-dozens-injured-in-taiwan-subway-stabbing-spree/
4 KILLED, DOZENS INJURED IN TAIWAN SUBWAY STABBING SPREE
Attack allegedly carried out by a student, who told police he wanted to ‘do something big’
by STACY HSU | TAIPEI TIMES | MAY 21, 2014
A 21-year-old student allegedly killed four people and injured 22 yesterday in a random killing spree on a train of the Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system’s Bannan Line.
The four victims were a 47-year-old woman, a 62-year-old woman and two men aged 20 and 30. They had reportedly lost all vital signs before they were rushed to the New Taipei City Hospital’s Banciao Branch, the Taipei Hospital and the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital respectively.
It was the first deadly attack on an MRT train since the Taipei commuter rail system went into commercial service in 1996.
The suspect, who has been identified as Cheng Chieh (鄭捷) from Greater Taichung’s Tunghai University, allegedly started attacking passengers around him with a 30cm-long fruit knife while the train was traveling between the Longshan Temple Station and the Jiangzicui Station at approximately 4:26pm.
He was apprehended by security guards, police officers and other passengers shortly after the train stopped at the Jiangzicui Station, from where he was taken to the Jiangzicui police station for questioning.
According to New Taipei City Police Department Director-General Chen Kuo-en (陳國恩), Cheng boarded an MRT train heading to the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center at the Jiangzicui Station earlier in the afternoon and alighted at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station.
He subsequently hopped on the ill-fated train heading to the Banciao Station before carrying out the killing spree, Chen added.
“The suspect told us that he had since elementary school wanted to ‘do something big’ and that he had shared the idea with some of his high-school and college classmates,” Chen said.
Chen said Cheng originally planned to execute the idea after he graduated from university, but decided to move it forward to yesterday after giving it some thought last week.
“He bought two fruit knives of different sizes from a supermarket before he boarded the trains… His blood-alcohol content registered 0.04mg/L and he has no medical records of mental illness,” Chen said.
“He showed no signs of remorse during questioning,” Chen added.
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said that for the next two weeks, the city government planned to deploy 80 special police officers to MRT stations to conduct routine patrols, to assist the 143 MRT police officers.
“Our priority is to restore order and security at MRT stations to make sure that our passengers do not feel afraid when taking the metro,” Hau said.
New Taipei City Deputy Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said the city government had instructed all available police officers to patrol the areas surrounding the city’s 34 MRT stations shortly after the incident, in an effort to tighten security.
Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (台北捷運公司) general manager Tan Gwa-guang (譚國光) said the company would give NT$4 million (US$132,000) in compensation to the families of the victims and would take care of all medical expenses incurred by the injured passengers.
出處：http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/three-killed-25-wounded-taiwan-subway-knife-attack-20140521
Four killed, 21 wounded in Taipei subway knife attack
TAIPEI (AFP) - A knife-wielding attacker went on a stabbing spree aboard a Taipei subway train on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 21 others, police said.
Cheng Chieh, a 21-year-old college student, was immediately arrested after the incident, the first fatal attack on the city’s subway system since it began operations in 1996, police said.
Three people were initially reported to have died in the attack and a fourth victim, a 62-year-old woman, died later in hospital. The other three victims were a woman and two men.
The police said half of the number of wounded were in a serious condition.
The stabbing spree happened around 0800 GMT when the student, wearing a red T-shirt, began attacking travellers on a subway train outside Taipei, sending hundreds of people screaming and fleeing for help.
When the train pulled into the next station, Cheng fled and was chased by police before being kicked to the ground by a passenger and overwhelmed by security officials.
Cheng spoke of his motives during police questioning. “He told the police that he had wanted to do a ‘big thing’ such as this since his childhood,” Chen Kuo-en, chief of the New Taipei City police bureau, told reporters.
“He said he had planned to do this after his graduation, but last week decided to act ahead of his schedule,” the police chief said, adding that the attacker had no medical record of mental disorder.
The student bought two knives, including a 30-centimetre-long knife and a smaller one at a supermarket in Taipei in preparation for the attack.
Television images showed pools of blood in the train and passengers who survived the stabbings giving witness accounts.
“He started his attack from the last carriage of the train,” a woman said as she gave her tearful account in an interview with the cable news network TVBS.
Another passenger said: “I was terrified when I saw an elderly man covered with lots of blood walking out of a carriage when the train arrived at the Chiangzitsui station.”
After being alerted to the attacks, authorities immediately reinforced police deployment on the busy subway system, which transports around 1.85 million visitors per day.
圖說：Police blockade the scene of a stabbing incident at the Jiangzicui Station of the Taipei Metro in Taipei on May 21, 2014. A knife-wielding man went on a stabbing spree aboard a Taipei subway train on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, killing three people and wounding 25 others in the worst such incident on the island, police said.
出處：http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/people-killed-taiwan-subway-stabbing-spree-23807566
4 People Killed in Taiwan Subway Stabbing Spree
TAIPEI, Taiwan May 21, 2014 (AP)
By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press
A university student wielding a knife attacked riders aboard a subway train in Taiwan's capital on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring at least 21 others, police and local media said.
The seemingly random attack occurred at about 4 p.m. at the start of the evening rush hour aboard a train on Taipei's Banqiao line, which leads to the city's southwestern suburbs.
Photos showed the floor of one of the train's cars and the adjacent station platform splattered with blood and strewn with backpacks, umbrellas and other items.
Security camera footage from inside the train showed a number of male passengers armed only with umbrellas pinning the assailant to the wall. A woman can be heard shouting "Go away!"
The government's Central News Agency and other media described panicked passengers rushing from the train when it arrived at Jiangzicui station, shouting for those waiting on the platform to flee.
They said security guards quickly called police, who arrived within minutes and took the man into custody. They said the man reeked of alcohol.
"Everyone in the train was trying to run to the other side," a woman injured in the attack told reporters at a local hospital. The woman, who was stabbed in the hand, would only give her surname, Yen.
Pictures showed the attacker handcuffed sitting against a wall, his face covered in blood. He was dressed in white tennis shoes, black shorts and a red T-shirt.
A police spokesman, speaking on routine condition of anonymity, said police were preparing to charge the suspect with murder.
Speaking to reporters, Chen Kuo-en, the police chief of Xinbeishi, where Jiangzicui station is located, identified the attacker as a 21-year-old second-year student at Tunghai University in the central city of Taichung.
Chen said the man told police he had wanted to do something "shocking and big" and had plotted to carry out the attack from childhood. Chen said no other motive was presently known and the suspect had no record of mental health problems.
"He's aware of the legal responsibility of his crime," Chen said.
A Tunghai University official confirmed the suspect was a student there and said a school counselor had seen him in April after he posted a message on his Facebook page saying he "wanted to do something big this year."
However, the matter was dropped after the counselor reported nothing unusual, said the spokesman, who declined to be further identified.
Chen said the suspect had grown up around the station and might have chosen it because of his familiarity with the area. He said he boarded the train two stations earlier and started stabbing passengers after it passed the first one.
Police said the man used a 10-centimeter (3-inch) knife in the attack, and was also carrying a second blade three times as long. Although the suspect had been drinking, a breath analysis test showed he was below the legal limit.
Police said a 47-year-old woman and two men, one in his 20s and the other in his 30s, were declared dead on arrival at hospital. A 62-year-old woman died in surgery four hours after the attack.
The suspect struck his victims in the chest and stomach and injured at least 21 others in the attack.
Service was restored about an hour after the attack with police officers assigned to all trains and tighter security checks in stations.
Street crime is extremely rare in Taipei, one of Asia's safest cities, and violent incidents are practically unheard of in the city's extensive and well managed subway system.
出處：http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1517307/three-killed-taiwan-subway-stabbing-spree
Four people killed, 21 injured in Taipei subway stabbing spree
Police say university student ran amok on a train, stabbing passengers at random
At least four people were killed in a knife attack on a subway train in Taipei yesterday.
Police said a 21-year-old Tunghai University student moved down the train stabbing passengers at random at about 4pm yesterday. Twenty-one people were injured.
Panic-struck travellers rushed out of the train when it stopped at a station and screamed for help.
The knifeman was overpowered by police when he followed passengers on to the platform.
One woman who was cut in the arm by the attacker said: "He looked very calm and seemed undisturbed by the terrified passengers when he stabbed at them, aiming mostly at their necks and stomachs."
Another passenger who was chased by the suspect and managed to escape said: "I heard people screaming when a woman collapsed and then I realised that a lunatic was attacking others with a knife.
"As the train was moving, there was no way we could get off."
Police said the suspect attacked people at random and showed no sign of remorse after he was arrested.
The student was named as Cheng Che.
Police said he did not have a medical record, but they could not rule out that he was mentally ill.
"He told us he had wanted to do an 'important thing' since childhood and had told his friends about this," said Chen Kuo-en, the head of New Taipei City police department.
"He bought two knives, including a 30-cm long one, from a supermarket, took the subway from the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall station in Taipei, and commenced the crime at Lungshan Temple station."
Lu Ping-kuan, the chief secretary of Tunghai University in Taichung in the west of the island, said they had learned through the suspect's social media account on Facebook that the student was mentally unstable.
"We had tried to arrange a consultation for him, but because of the recent rainstorm we had to postpone the consultation to a later day," said Lu.
The parents of the suspect were not available for comment last night.
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin and New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu Li-luan said yesterday that they would increase police patrols on the subway system in the aftermath of the attack.
出處：http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/21/three-killed-in-taipei-subway-stabbing-spree
Three killed in Taipei subway stabbing spree
TAIPEI – A knife-wielding college student killed three people and injured 25, police said, in a rare incident on Taipei's metro on Wednesday.
Police said a motive was not immediately clear, although the man had been drinking alcohol before the attacks.
The Taiwan capital, home to 7.3 million people, is commonly considered a very safe city for its size.
出處：http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2014/05/22/408340/4-killed.htm
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Four people were killed and 21 injured when a 21-year-old college student went on a killing spree on a Taipei Metro train traveling from Longshan Temple Station to Jiangzicui Station, the New Taipei City Police Department said yesterday.
Chen Kuo-en (陳國恩), head of the New Taipei City Police Department, said that the assailant, Cheng Chieh (鄭捷), is now in custody after being arrested by the metro police with the help of other passengers.
Chen said that Cheng took the metro train from Jiangzicui station to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station after purchasing two knives at a supermarket yesterday afternoon, later taking another train going in the opposite direction from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station.
“He started to stab random passengers with his 30-centimeter long knife in the train after it left from Longshan Temple Station to Jiangzicui Station, a trip that usually takes over two minutes, which is the longest ride in the entire Taipei Metro system,” said Chen.
According to witnesses of the incident, Cheng stabbed everyone in his sight without saying anything, and passengers started to run toward the back of the train.
A witness said that she started to hear people screaming after the train left Longshan Temple Station, and she stood against the wall of the compartment with a few girls. She said that some middle-aged men stood in front of them to protect them.
Based on a video filmed by a witness, all passengers rushed out of the train after it arrived at Jiangzicui Station, and Cheng walked out of the train with the knife in his hand. The metro police and some passengers tackled him in the MRT station and helped police officers take him into custody.
According to Chen, three passengers who were severely injured had no vital signs after being sent to nearby hospitals, where they were later pronounced dead. Another victim was also pronounced dead five hours later at a hospital.
Cheng Wanted to Do Something Big: Police
Cheng told police that he had been planning on doing something huge that would shock society ever since he was a junior high school student, according to Chen.
Cheng told a close friend that he originally planned to commit this killing spree after he graduated from college, but last week he suddenly decided to carry out his plan on Wednesday, Chen said.
According to Chen, there is no medical record that shows that Cheng has any mental illness, and he comes from an average family that lives near Jiangzicui Station.
Chen said that during questioning, Cheng did not show any signs of regret, and he asked police officers if he would receive the death penalty for what he did.
Tunghai University, the school where Cheng is currently enrolled, said that the school was informed that Cheng stated on his Facebook page that he planned to do something big along with some angry and emotional messages in April.
The university said that the school counselors asked Cheng about his message, but he did not say much. Before any further consultations could be done, the metro killing spree took place yesterday.
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