Student Arrested After Campus Knife Attack

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment knife-attack, Shih Hsin University, Taipei City

A teacher restrained a male student after he attacked a female student with a knife at Shih Hsin University in Mucha District, Taipei City, this morning, Monday, December 11. At around 10:00am, a 20 year old male named Chen met with a female third-year student named Shih, 19, outside a classroom. The two began to quarrel, and Shih called out “Teacher, save me!” Shih then ran into a classroom with Chen in pursuit, attacking her around the head with a

three injured in road rage stabbing police assist

Violent Crimes

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment knife-attack, road-rage, taipei, Xinyi

Two men and one woman were sent to hospital for treatment after one of the men went berserk with a knife during a road rage incident in Taipei City’s Xinyi District this morning, June 13. The driver of an Infiniti, 61 year-old Mr Ren, entered Zhongpo Road from a side-street, forcing 45 year-old Mr Zhou, who was driving a Mercedes Benz, to change lanes to avoid a collision. The two drivers stopped next to each other at a red light

Violent Crimes

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 Phillip Charlier 4 Comments knife-attack, violence against police

A New Taipei City Court released a man on a NT$300,000 bail today despite the fact he attempted to murder a police officer in a vicious attack with a meat-cleaver. Wu Zhizhan (吳志展), a 56 year-old teppanyaki cook in Banciao District, lost his temper yesterday, after receiving parking tickets to a value of NT$5400. He saw a police officer, surnamed Zhang, issuing tickets nearby, grabbed a meat cleaver from his truck, and attacked the officer. The 34 year-old officer carried

Zhou Jianshen is paraded before media after confessing to a brutal murder in Taipei City

Violent Crimes

June 14, 2016 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment knife-attack, murder

An 88 year-old man was found dead today after being reported missing by family when he failed to return home after a bike ride in the Four Beast Mountain area of Taipei City the previous day. A forensic examination found he had been stabbed more than 20 times in a vicious knife attack. The body of Mr Lee was found shirtless in an abandoned pavilion on Tiger Mountain. Police arrested an 18 year-old man this evening, Monday, June 13, in

Violent Crimes

July 20, 2015July 21, 2015 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment knife-attack, random violence, Taipei Metro

Four people were injured today when someone started stabbing people in Taipei’s famously safe Metro system at Zhongshan Station. Taiwan in the last few years has seen an increase in acts of random violence against random citizens by deranged individuals. In this latest act, the station master with several members of the public managed to subdue the individual until police arrived. Security on the MRT (Taipei Metro) was increased after a 21 year-old university student went on a rampage killing 4 and

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Student Arrested After Campus Knife Attack

Three Injured in Road Rage Stabbing

Man Released on Bail After Vicious Attack on Police Officer

Elderly Man Stabbed to Death on Tiger Mountain: 18 Year-Old Man Arrested

Another Random Crazy Knife Attack