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Three people dead in Taipei Metro station stabbing attack
Specialist police officers quickly descended on the scene following the attack. (Reuters: Ann Wang)
A man has killed three people after throwing smoke bombs into Taipei's metro station and stabbing people nearby.
Authorities say the suspect is also dead after falling from a building during a police chase.
A knife-wielding attacker has killed at least three people at metro stations in Taipei, with authorities saying the suspect also died after trying to flee police.
Taiwan's Premier Cho Jung-tai said the attacks at Taipei Main Station and Zhongshan station were "a deliberate act", although the motive was not immediately clear.
Mr Cho said in a statement that the suspect wore a mask and threw "five or six gasoline bombs or smoke grenades" at Taipei Main Station.
At least four people killed in mass stabbing in Taipei
Man, 27, from northern Taiwan reported to have fallen to his death in police chase after rampage through capital
At least four people have died in a rare mass stabbing incident in central Taipei after an attacker used smoke grenades to cause chaos as he went on a violent rampage through Taiwan’s capital. Several people were also injured.
The suspected assailant is among the dead after he fell from a building during a police chase through a busy shopping district on Friday evening.
One of the victims was killed as they tried to stop the attack inside Taipei’s Main station, according to the city’s mayor, Chiang Wan-an.
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Taiwan: Knife attacker kills three after smoke bombing Taipei metro
At least three people have been killed and nine others injured as a knife-wielding attacker went on a rampage in the Taiwanese capital Taipei.
The 27-year-old suspect set off smoke bombs at Taipei's main metro station, before running to another station in a busy shopping district, stabbing people along the way, Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai said.
The suspect, named by officials as Taiwanese man Chang Wen, later died after falling from a multi-storey building, Cho added. His motive remains unclear.
Attacks of this kind are rare in Taiwan, which has low rates of violent crime. The last time a similar incident struck Taipei was more than a decade ago in 2014.
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