16 Year-old Guns Down Two Men Outside Convenience Store

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment drive-by shooting, juvenile crime, Nantou County, Zhushan Township

Two minors were arrested this morning after two men were gunned down as they exited a 7-11 convenience store in Zhushan Township, Nantou County, in the middle of the night. A convenience store clerk told police that two men entered the store and purchased beer after attending a temple fair nearby. As the men exited the store, six shots rang out. When the clerk went out to investigate, he found the two men laying in pools of blood. One had

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July 28, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment murder-robbery, New Taipei City, Xinzhuang District

Three suspects have been arrested after an elderly woman and her daughter were found bound and gagged, one dead, and one unconscious, in their Xinzhuang District apartment on the evening of July 26. At around 8:00pm Thursday evening, a man named Lee called police after being unable to contact his mother and sister, and finding the door of their Zhonghe Road residence locked. After firefighters forced the door open, the two women were found bound, gagged, and blindfolded, laying on

suspect vehicle in which corpse was found

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July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, murder, Taichung City

The driver of a car that crashed into a guardrail on National Highway 6 in Nantou County was arrested today, after police detected the smell of a decomposing body in the car, and found the corpse of a female in the rear luggage compartment. At around 10:00am this morning, emergency services received a call from the public that a car had crashed into the guardrail in the westbound lane of the highway near the Puli Interchange. Highway police were dispatched

gang members wield clubs and guns in Taipei City

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July 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gang violence, heavenly-way-alliance, organized crime, Taipei City

Police in Taipei City are investigating two incidents where shots were fired in Taipei City last night, and seven suspects have been taken in for questioning. At around 11:00pm last night one shot was fired in an alley off Anhe Road, then at around 3:00am, 20 people armed with sticks and bats clamored in the car park of the Mortuary Service Office Second Funeral Parlor on Xinhai Road. More than ten shots were fired, at least one of which hit

Mr Lee was found sitting in a local park

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June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment banana price, Kaohsiung City, knife-attack

A man in Kaohsiung City took to three men with a meat cleaver after a discussion over fruit prices led to an argument over sensitive political topics. A 67 year-old man named Lee went to an evening market in Lingyuan District at around dusk to buy some fruit. Finding that fruit prices, after a recent downturn, had risen again, Lee began to discuss the issue with a fruit vendor named Fang. The discussion turned into an argument involving Taiwan politics,

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June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, murder, Taipei City

[Picture: UDN] Police today found the remains of a 30 year-old missing woman after a 37 year-old man confessed yesterday, that he had killed her, cut up her body, and disposed of the remains on Yangming Mountain (Yangmingshan: 陽明山) earlier this month. According to media reports today, June 18, an archery instructor named Chen had met a woman named Gao just over one month ago while he was giving lessons at his studio in the Huashan arts and culture park.

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June 12, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment guns, Kaohsiung City, pen gun, shooting

A man who shot his wife’s uncle with a pen gun in Kaohsiung City yesterday, was arrested today after police identified his car parked outside a pawnshop. Mr Wang, 37, met his 35 year-old wife, at around noon, yesterday, outside a residential building in Gushan District to discuss terms of their divorce. Ms Wang was accompanied by her maternal uncle, Mr Guo. Negotiations over a the divorce settlement broke down, resulting in a dispute during which Guo swung a punch

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June 9, 2018June 9, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment attempted murder, domestic violence, Kaohsiung, knife-attack

An elderly man in Kaohsiung City has been charged with attempted murder, after attacking his wife with a chopping knife, cutting her 20 times, before locking himself in a room and standing off with police for more than two hours. At around 9:00pm yesterday evening, June 8, 77 year-old Mr Ye quarreled with his 72 year-old wife, took a cleaver, and chopped at her face and body, until the knife started breaking along with the bones in his right hand,

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June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment arson, death

A man who was found guilty of setting fire to an apartment building in Chonghe District, New Taipei City, taking the lives of nine people in November, 2017, was sentenced to death, in a verdict handed down by the Taipei District Court today, June 7. [See previous story: 9 Dead in Apartment Fire: Arsonist Arrested] Li Guo-hui (李國輝), had argued in his defense that a tenant of the building had constantly provoked him, and that “voices” had told him to

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June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gang violence, homicide, murder, Pingtung County

A homeowner who allowed a man suspected to have shot a young soldier to death in Pingtung County claimed that he didn’t know the man was the suspect killer because news media blurred the face of the suspect in TV news reports. Hong Weizhi was arrested during a raid on a residence in Shanhua township, Tainan, at around 6:00am this morning, June 6. When the suspect was rudely awoken from his sleep, he shouted: “I surrender, I surrender. Please don’t

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June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment fratercide, knife-attack, Taipei City

A man was brutally cut down and killed by his older brother in the middle of a road in Shilin District, Taipei City, this afternoon, according to reports in local media. The brothers had had a long-running dispute over land they had inherited. At around 2:00pm, the elder of two middle-aged brothers named Ho, attacked his younger brother with a kitchen cleaver in front of a residential building on Zhishan Road. The younger Ho, 56, attempted to run away, but

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16 Year-old Guns Down Two Men Outside Convenience Store

Three Arrested in Xinzhuang Murder-robbery Case

Minor Traffic Accident leads to Murder Investigation after Corpse found in Car

Shots Fired in Taipei City Two Times in One Night

Man Attacks Three with Meat Cleaver after Argument over Banana Prices

Woman’s Remains Found in New Taipei City Mountains after Man Confesses to Murder

Kaohsiung Man Arrested for Pen Gun Shooting

Old Man Stands-off with Cops after Hacking Wife with Meat Cleaver

Arsonist Handed the Death Penalty

Man Who Harbored Murder Suspect Claims Innocence because Media Hides Suspect Faces

Man Brutally Murdered in the Middle of the Street