Overview
- Police identified the suspect as 27-year-old Chang Wen, who died after falling from a department-store building during his flight from officers.
- A released timeline says the attacker set fires earlier in the day, deployed smoke or petrol devices at Taipei Main Station, then moved to Zhongshan and stabbed victims in and around an Eslite department store.
- Officials report three civilians dead and 11 injured, with two people remaining in intensive care as hospitals treat stab and smoke-related injuries.
- Investigators searched the suspect’s home and hotel, recovering petrol bombs and other weapons, and concluded the operation was planned in advance with no evidence of accomplices so far.
- Leaders ordered heightened security across train and metro stations, airports and major venues, with rapid-response units deployed as the probe into motive continues.