Man arrested after Taiwan subway knife attack leaves four wounded
Unemployed Kuo Yen-chun, 27, is being questioned on charges of attempted murder and theft after Monday night’s attack in Taipei
An unemployed man wielding a kitchen knife wounded four people in an attack on the subway in Taiwan’s capital, just over a year after a stabbing spree left four dead and more than 20 injured, police said on Tuesday.
The attack on an escalator at a Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station late on Monday left three women and a man with knife wounds.
Witnesses told of passengers screaming and running away, shouting “Someone has a knife!”, local media reported.
Television footage showed the attacker being bundled to the ground inside the MRT station by three security guards.
Police are holding 27-year-old Kuo Yen-chun over Monday night’s attack at central Zhongshan station.