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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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Friday’s attack took place during the city’s evening rush hour.<\/p>\n
Videos shared on social media showed people fleeing the scene in panic as an individual wearing a baseball cap and black clothing lobbing smoke bombs across a busy road.<\/p>\n
He can then be seen carrying a large knife as he walks past cars. <\/p>\n
Cho said the suspect had detonated smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails at Taipei’s Main Station, which is connected to a busy underground shopping street. <\/p>\n
A man reportedly tried to stop the attacker but was struck with a blunt object and later died in hospital.<\/p>\n
The suspect then went to another subway about 800m away, Zhongshan metro station, <\/b>where he set off more smoke bombs and stabbed more people.<\/p>\n
Cho said he had ordered increased security at metro and railway stations, as well as airports, in response to the attack.<\/p>\n
“We will ?investigate [the suspect’s] background and associated relationships to understand his motives and ?determine ?if there are other connected factors,” Cho was quoted by news agency Reuters as saying. <\/p>\n
Taiwan’s President William Lai also promised a swift investigation. <\/p>\n
The last major incident of this kind, in 2014, saw a man kill four people on an underground train in Taipei, shocking people in Taiwan. The perpetrator of that attack was executed two years later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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