Man armed with knife detains Cathay Pacific intern at Taoyuan Airport
A man armed with a knife broke into a Cathay Pacific ground office at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport's Terminal 1 and took an intern hostage. Airport police breached the room, subdued the suspect, and freed the hostage, who sustained hand injuries and was transported to a hospital. The motive for the attack has not yet been determined.
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Global Event Monitor. Man armed with knife detains Cathay Pacific intern at Taoyuan Airport. 2026-09-12T12:15:10.809Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2054. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-12/%E6%A1%83%E6%A9%9F%E9%A9%9A%E5%82%B3%E6%8C%81%E5%88%80%E6%8C%BE%E6%8C%81-%E7%94%B7%E9%97%96%E5%9C%B0%E5%8B%A4%E4%BC%91%E6%81%AF%E5%AE%A4%E6%8C%BE%E6%8C%81%E5%9C%8B%E6%B3%B0%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5-%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E5%9B%9E%E6%87%89%E4%BA%86-ffa2d28b
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