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■ SOCIETY

Mystery woman kills self

Taipei City police were trying yesterday to establish the identity of a young woman who walked into a hardware store, asked to buy a knife and then stabbed herself to death with it. Era TV said a woman in her 20s walked into a hardware store in Neihu District (內湖) on Thursday evening and told the owner she wanted to buy a fruit knife. The owner told the woman where to look. Then she heard a thud, and when she went to investigate, she saw the woman had thrust an 11cm knife into her chest. The woman pushed it into her chest several more times and then died as the shopowner was calling the police. Police say the woman had no ID on her. The shop owner was so shaken by the incident that she has removed all knives from the shelves.



■ MEDIA

Kinmen takes center stage

A television documentary to premiere on Monday tells the story of Kinmen, whose history has often been forgotten or is unknown, said Kinmen County Deputy Commissioner Yang Chung-chuan (楊忠全). The documentary attempts to explore the island group, which has been described as the "Asian Gibraltar" because of its unique strategic position, through its culture, architecture and history, said Tommy Lin (林東民), vice president and general manager of Discovery Networks Asia's Taiwan Office.
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