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Man subdued by police after waving knives in Taipei market

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A 43-year-old man was subdued by police and hospitalized after brandishing knives and injuring himself in Xingde Market in Taipei's Wenshan District on the morning of 8 March. Authorities responded to reports that the man entered the market shouting and later grabbed a second knife from a vendor's stall after dropping his own. The motive for the incident has not yet been determined by investigators.

Category: armed-attack-on-civilians · Location: taipei

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Global Events Monitor. Man subdued by police after waving knives in Taipei market. 2026-10-08T09:13:47.431Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5050. https://global.eventmonitor.net/record/5050/revision/05d657eb93207872e3d13b9f635476eefa191fafcd83805c55a0f608124209fe

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