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At least three people died and 11 others were injured in a shooting by a man Knife And smoke bombwent on an attack spree taipei on Friday, police said.
The suspect later died after falling from the sixth floor of a department store building. police chaseaccording to taiwanNational news agency.
The suspect, identified as Chang Wen, a 27-year-old man, threw a smoke grenade near an underground exit, officials said. taipei main metro station and attacked people on the way to the next Zhongshan station in a “deliberate action”.
Video footage broadcast on local Taiwanese news networks showed the suspect wearing a gas mask and dressed in black dropping at least two smoke grenades. taipei Main metro station.
He then went north to a popular shopping district, threw smoke grenades and attacked people with a knife on the first and fourth floors of a department store, according to local news reports.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-en told local media that a 57-year-old man tried to stop the attacker at a subway station exit, but was seriously injured.
Local media, citing National, reported that the wound was “a deep injury about five centimeters long caused by a sharp object, which reached from the right lung to the left atrium.” taiwan University Hospital.
Another person who was attacked near a department store also reportedly died.
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One survivor said he was hit by the suspect outside the department store.
“It didn’t feel like a slash – it felt like being hit. Then it was really painful,” she said, adding that when she turned back, she saw “people lying on the ground and they needed first aid because they were bleeding”.
Police are investigating possible motives.
The attacker reportedly had a prior criminal record and outstanding warrants.
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“It appears that he deliberately threw the smoke bomb and drove it for a long time Knife To carry out indiscriminate attacks on the public,” said Taiwan premier Cho Jung-tae.
Investigators recovered “lethal weapons” from the suspect’s rental home in Taipei and the hotel room near Zhongshan where he stayed for three nights, the Associated Press reported.
According to local news reports, he was also wanted for violating the law on compulsory military service.
“We will investigate his background and related relationships to understand his motives and determine if there are other connecting factors,” the prime minister said.
Of the 11 injured, six are reportedly in hospitals, two in intensive care.