Passengers take down knife attacker on 10th anniversary of Taipei Metro Attack

composite picture showing bystanders taking down knife attacker

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment knife-attack, random attack, Taichung City, Taichung MRT

Three people were sent to hospital after a man traveling on a Taichung City MRT train suddenly attacked people with a knife before he was subdued by other passengers today, Tuesday, May 21. According to reports, a 20-year-old man, named Hong, boarded a train at Shui’an Temple Station at around 11:15 am. When the train was approaching City Hall Station, Hong suddenly took out a knife and lunged at another man. Many passengers scrambled away from the carriage in fear,

suspect arrested after random knife attack in Tainan City

Violent Crimes

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment knife-attack, random attack, Tainan City

A woman in Tainan City was attacked by another woman with a knife in Tainan City in what is suspected to be a random attack yesterday, February 22. At around 6:15pm, a 68-year-old woman named Lin was sitting on a bench taking a rest with her 92-year-old mother after going out to buy dinner when she was approached by a woman and viciously attacked with a knife. As a passerby approached the women, the attacker fled the scene, leaving Ms

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August 10, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment kidnapping, Neihu District, random attack, Taipei City

Passersby rushed to the assistance of a woman and her daughter after a man grabbed the girl and attempted to wrest her away from her mother in Neihu District, Taipei City, Wednesday, August 8. At around 6:00pm a woman named Wu was walking hand in hand with her daughter on Minquan Road, when a man standing outside a cafe suddenly lunged forward and grabbed her 7 year-year-old daughter’s backpack. As Ms Wu pulled her daughter by the arm, the man

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Passengers take down knife attacker on 10th anniversary of Taipei Metro Attack

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