TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te pledged a full, public inquiry into a deadly metro attack as he visited hospitals on Saturday.
A 27-year-old suspect set off smoke bombs in Taipei’s main metro station during the Friday evening rush hour before launching into a stabbing rampage, according to authorities.
He killed three people in an attack that spanned the main station, an underground shopping district and another metro stop, while at least 11 others were wounded, according to a revised count from the police on Saturday.
The suspect, who had been wanted for evading military service, died in an apparent suicide after the attack, Taipei’s mayor said at briefing on Friday night.
Officials called it a “deliberate act” but said the motive was not immediately clear.
While visiting hospitals on Saturday, Lai offered sympathy and pledged transparency.
“I want to express condolences to those who tragically lost their lives in last night’s horrific, violent attack, and to extend my sympathy to their families,” Lai said at one of the hospitals.
He added that he has ordered a “full and thorough investigation” and will “give the public a full account of truth.”
Violent crime is rare in Taiwan. The last time a similar incident occurred was in 2014, when a man on a stabbing spree in the metro killed four people.
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Taiwan president vows full inquiry into deadly metro attack
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- Officials called it a “deliberate act” but said the motive was not immediately clear
Attacks leave 30 dead in Nigeria’s Benue state
JOS: Two attacks in the space of a few days left 30 people dead in two neighboring towns in Nigeria’s central state of Benue, long prone to inter-communal clashes, sources told AFP.
Armed bandits killed at least 13 traders on Friday afternoon in Anwase, a village in the Kwande area, local government official Ibi Andrew told AFP.
He said the assailants stormed the market “and opened fire on the people randomly.”
“The attack left traders and residents traumatized, with properties destroyed and families searching for missing loved ones.”
On Tuesday, armed men had attacked the market in nearby Mbaikyor, killing 17 people, including a police officer, according to two residents and local media.
The region has seen an upsurge of violence in recent months between Muslim ethnic Fulani herders and mainly Christian farmers over control of land and resources.
Though generally presented as communal clashes, the unrest stems from complex dynamics with land rivalries exacerbated by climate change, a proliferation of small arms and the lack of a sustainable response from the Nigerian state.
Armed bandits killed at least 13 traders on Friday afternoon in Anwase, a village in the Kwande area, local government official Ibi Andrew told AFP.
He said the assailants stormed the market “and opened fire on the people randomly.”
“The attack left traders and residents traumatized, with properties destroyed and families searching for missing loved ones.”
On Tuesday, armed men had attacked the market in nearby Mbaikyor, killing 17 people, including a police officer, according to two residents and local media.
The region has seen an upsurge of violence in recent months between Muslim ethnic Fulani herders and mainly Christian farmers over control of land and resources.
Though generally presented as communal clashes, the unrest stems from complex dynamics with land rivalries exacerbated by climate change, a proliferation of small arms and the lack of a sustainable response from the Nigerian state.
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