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Taiwanese police shoot man suspected of planting explosive device at Kuomintang campaign office

  • Device planted outside office in Tainan contained wires, liquid and powder, official media says
  • Island is preparing for presidential and parliamentary polls on January 11

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The suspect was taken to hospital after being shot by police in Kaohsiung. Photo: CNA
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Police in southern Taiwan on Saturday shot a man suspected of planting a possible explosive device outside a campaign office for the island’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), the official Central News Agency reported.

Campaigning for Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections on January 11 is in full swing, with the KMT challenging the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of President Tsai Ing-wen, who is currently far ahead in the polls.

A suspicious device was planted outside a Kuomintang campaign office in Tainan. Photo: CNA
A suspicious device was planted outside a Kuomintang campaign office in Tainan. Photo: CNA
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The device, planted outside the entrance to a KMT office in the city of Tainan, contained wires, liquid and powder, the report said.

Police tracked a suspect – a man with the family name Wu – to the neighbouring city of Kaohsiung and after a lengthy stand-off stormed a building and shot him, it said. The man was taken to hospital.

Taiwan elections are passionate, noisy affairs, but generally pass off peacefully.

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