Taiwan Student Detained After Four Killed in Subway Attack
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A college student was detained on accusations that he attacked riders on Taipei’s subway with two knives, killing four people and wounding 23 in the first such assault in the system’s 18-year history.
New Taipei District Court this morning approved the detention of a 21-year-old suspect, a sophomore at the Tunghai University, New Taipei District Prosecutors Office head prosecutor Lee Hai-lung said by phone today. Two women and two men were killed, he said.