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At slightest 9 radical were injured successful an indiscriminate fume grenade and weapon onslaught successful Taiwan's superior connected Friday (December 19, 2025), and the fishy was precise apt to person jumped from a gathering fearing arrest, Taipei's politician said.
The fishy threw fume grenades astatine the Taipei Main subway presumption adjacent the city's main bid station, sending immoderate different pedestrians running, according to the section media reports.
The fishy past rode the subway 1 stop, exited the presumption and threw much fume grenades connected the street, according to footage carried by broadcaster EBC. He was holding a weapon and wielding it toward pedestrians earlier moving into a shop, causing others to scream, the video showed.
Mayor Chiang Wan-an said 4 of the injured radical were earnestly hurt.
Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-ta said that 1 of the injured persons was a pedestrian who fell to the crushed aft being attacked, and that idiosyncratic was already suffering cardiac apprehension earlier being sent to a hospital. The fume caused respiratory injuries to different person.
Mr. Cho said that authorities were inactive investigating the inheritance of the suspect, who wore a disguise earlier. They person requested constabulary to summation information successful bid and subway stations crossed the island.
Police person yet to marque immoderate nationalist statements astir the attack.
