Taipei police yesterday arrested a senior high school student on suspicion of injuring a female university student when he fired a pistol.
Police said the victim was a National Taiwan University (NTU) student, surnamed Wu, who was studying by a window in her dormitory on the NTU campus on Xuzhou Rd on Tuesday at 7pm when a bullet grazed her waist.
RICOCHETING BULLET
Luckily, because of the recent low temperatures, Wu was dressed in several layers of clothing and as a result the bullet only injured her slightly, police said.
The bullet first hit a wall in the room where Wu was studying and then ricocheted and grazed her, police said.
Police later arrested a student, surnamed Chou, who was attending a night school program at Kainan High School of Commerce and Industry. The high school is located near the NTU campus.
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE
Police said at the time of the incident Chou had been in class with his classmates at the high school.
Chou's account, as relayed by the police, was that he was showing off the gun, but was teased by others that it was just a toy. So he walked to a window and pointed it outside when the gun suddenly discharged accidentally in his hand.
Police said the bullet traveled from the fourth-floor classroom, crossed Xuzhou Rd, and hit Wu's dormitory room on the fourth floor.
FACING CHARGES
Police said Chou did not go to school following the incident, but instead reported to police yesterday morning accompanied by his family.
He handed over the gun and bullets, which he said were mailed to him by a friend, who had asked him to keep them safe, police said.
Chou will be charged with a violation of the Statute Regulating Firearms, Ammunition, Knives and Other Deadly Weapons (槍砲彈藥刀械管制條例) and for causing bodily harm, police said.
Taiwan would benefit from more integrated military strategies and deployments if the US and its allies treat the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea as a “single theater of operations,” a Taiwanese military expert said yesterday. Shen Ming-shih (沈明室), a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said he made the assessment after two Japanese military experts warned of emerging threats from China based on a drill conducted this month by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command. Japan Institute for National Fundamentals researcher Maki Nakagawa said the drill differed from the
‘WORSE THAN COMMUNISTS’: President William Lai has cracked down on his political enemies and has attempted to exterminate all opposition forces, the chairman said The legislature would motion for a presidential recall after May 20, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday at a protest themed “against green communists and dictatorship” in Taipei. Taiwan is supposed to be a peaceful homeland where people are united, but President William Lai (賴清德) has been polarizing and tearing apart society since his inauguration, Chu said. Lai must show his commitment to his job, otherwise a referendum could be initiated to recall him, he said. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but Lai has failed to fulfill his
OFF-TARGET: More than 30,000 participants were expected to take part in the Games next month, but only 6,550 foreign and 19,400 Taiwanese athletes have registered Taipei city councilors yesterday blasted the organizers of next month’s World Masters Games over sudden timetable and venue changes, which they said have caused thousands of participants to back out of the international sporting event, among other organizational issues. They also cited visa delays and political interference by China as reasons many foreign athletes are requesting refunds for the event, to be held from May 17 to 30. Jointly organized by the Taipei and New Taipei City governments, the games have been rocked by numerous controversies since preparations began in 2020. Taipei City Councilor Lin Yen-feng (林延鳳) said yesterday that new measures by
A rally held by opposition parties yesterday demonstrates that Taiwan is a democratic country, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, adding that if opposition parties really want to fight dictatorship, they should fight it on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) held a protest with the theme “against green communists and dictatorship,” and was joined by the Taiwan People’s Party. Lai said the opposition parties are against what they called the “green communists,” but do not fight against the “Chinese communists,” adding that if they really want to fight dictatorship, they should go to the right place and face
RSS