Taiwan subway stabbing spree kills 4, hurts 21

A knife-wielding attacker went on a stabbing spree aboard a Taipei subway train on May 21, killing 4 people and wounding 21 others. Cheng Chieh, a 21-year-old college student, was immediately arrested after the incident, the first fatal attack on the city’s subway system since it began operations in 1996, police said. The stabbing spree happened around 0800 GMT when the student, wearing a red T-shirt, began attacking travelers on a subway train outside Taipei, sending hundreds of people screaming and fleeing for help. Cheng spoke of his motives during police questioning. “He told the police that he had wanted to do a ‘big thing’ such as this since his childhood,” a police official said.

Read the full story on Rappler.