Four people have been killed and 24 injured after a drunk university student went on a stabbing rampage aboard an MRT subway train in Taiwan.
The attack occurred at around 16:00 local time (08:00 GMT), when a 21-year-old student from Tunghai University in the central city of Taichung appeared to attack other passengers at random.
Panicked passengers rushed from the train when it arrived at Jiangzicui station, and shouted at those waiting to flee from the knife-wielding attacker.
Security guards at the station called the police, who quickly arrested the student and confiscated the 10cm knife he was using as a weapon. He is reported to have smelled strongly of alcohol.
Taipei Police Chief Chen Kou-en told reporters that the attacker told police that he had planned the attack from childhood and wanted to make headlines by committing an act that was “shocking and big”.
The three victims who died at the scene have been described as a 47-year-old woman, one man in his 20s, and another in his 30s. AP is reporting that a 62-year-old woman has also died in surgery following the attack.
