Overview
- Authorities say a lone assailant threw smoke or incendiary devices at Taipei Main Station before moving to the Zhongshan area and stabbing people in and around the Eslite Spectrum Nanxi store.
- The suspect, identified by officials and local media as 27-year-old Chang (also reported as Chang Wen), was wanted over outstanding military reserve service orders.
- Police report the attacker fell or jumped from a building during a pursuit and later died, with the Taipei mayor describing it as an apparent suicide to evade arrest.
- Casualty counts differ across early reports, but hospitals and officials confirm at least three civilian deaths and several additional injuries as figures are reconciled.
- Forensic teams found incendiary devices, including suspected Molotov cocktails, linked to the suspect, and Taipei Metro raised its alert level as police investigate motive and whether he had accomplices.