US EditionKnife-wielding attacker kills three in Taipei, dies during police chase
The 27-year-old suspect threw five or six smoke grenades and stabbed bystanders in two Taipei metro stations, killing three and injuring five before dying during a police chase, officials said.
- On Dec 19, 2025, Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai said a knife-wielding attacker set off smoke bombs at Taipei Main Station, then moved to Zhongshan Station, killing three and injuring five in central Taipei.
- Authorities said Chang had a prior criminal record, outstanding warrants, and his house was searched, while his motive remains unclear as investigations continue.
- The attacker stabbed seven people, seriously injuring three, and blanketed Zhongshan Station's exit with smoke bombs, causing commuters to struggle to breathe and flee.
- Authorities cordoned off Zhongshan Station entrances and police forensic teams are collecting evidence while President Lai Ching-te said security increased across the island with thorough investigations pledged.
- Reuters reported at least nine injured and said the suspect likely jumped from a building fearing arrest, while SETN reported two deaths and nine injured and Mayor Chiang Wan-an said four were seriously hurt.
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Taipei, Taiwan. At least four people were killed and five injured in several attacks on Friday on the Taipei subway, AFP was told by the head of the Taiwanese capital firefighters, who stated that the suspect had also died, a 27-year-old man Taiwan's prime minister, Cho Jung-tai, stated that the attacks at Taipei's main station and Zhongshan station were “a deliberate act,” although the motive was not immediately clear. Cho stated in a statement…
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In an attack with a knife and smoke bomb, a man in Taiwan's capital Taipei killed at least three people. According to the authorities, the alleged perpetrator is also dead. The motive is still unclear.
3 killed in Taiwan knife attack; suspect falls to death
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A man with a knife and a smoke grenade attacked crowds indiscriminately in Taiwan’s capital on Friday evening, killing at least three people and injuring nine others, according to the national news agency and the city government. The suspect later fell to his death from a department store building. Police said that the suspect was declared dead at a hospital after jumping from the building’s sixth floor, the Central News Agency …
Deadly Knife Attacks Hit Taipei Metro Stations
At least two people were killed in attacks at metro stations in Taipei on Friday, December 19th, officials said, after a suspect stabbed commuters and set off smoke bombs. A Taipei City Fire Department official confirmed that three people died in total, including the attacker. The circumstances of the attacks are still under investigation. Taipei’s mayor said the suspect was believed to have died after jumping from a building following the incid…
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