| 2014 Taipei Metro attack | |
|---|---|
 Jiangzicui Station platform | |
| Location | Taipei Metro Bannan Line (between Longshan Temple and Jiangzicui), New Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 25°02′06″N 121°28′37″E / 25.03500°N 121.47694°E |
| Date | 21 May 2014 16:25 (National Standard Time; UTC+08:00) |
| Target | Nonspecific passengers of Taipei Metro |
Attack type | Stabbing |
| Weapons | Fruit knife |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 24 |
| Perpetrator | Cheng Chieh |
| Motive | Mental illness[1] |
| Convictions |
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| Sentence | Death plus 144 years in prison |
Type of train involved in the attack was a Taipei Metro C321, built by Siemens in 1999. | |
On 21 May 2014, a Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree directed at random civilians on a Taipei Metro C321 train near Jiangzicui Station, resulting in four deaths and 24 injuries. It was the first fatal attack on the city's subway system since operations began in 1996.[2] The attacker, 21-year-old Cheng Chieh, was arrested after the attack. He was sentenced to death, in addition to 144 years in prison, and was executed on 10 May 2016.
- ^ "存档副本" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Four killed, 21 wounded in Taipei subway knife attack". The Straits Times. Agence France-Presse. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2014.