An 83-year-old man was arrested in Tainan yesterday after allegedly setting fire to a relative’s home, attacking three people with a hatchet and stealing an ambulance in an attempted escape, local authorities said.
The Tainan Fire Bureau said it received a call at 11am yesterday reporting a loud argument and a person possibly carrying weapons at a townhouse on Sinle Road in the city’s South District (南區), and immediately dispatched personnel to the scene.
Upon arriving, firefighters found smoke pouring out of the rolling steel door on the building’s ground floor.
Photo courtesy of a member of the public
As they went inside to extinguish the fire, they were allegedly attacked by a man wielding a hatchet, with two emergency personnel and one female resident of the home suffering injuries, the fire bureau said.
Following the attack, the suspect, later identified as an 83-year-old man surnamed Hsin (辛), jumped into an empty ambulance outside the building and attempted to escape.
Hsin was pursued by police into Yongkang District (永康) before being stopped, arrested and taken to a police station for questioning.
Local media reported Hsin brandished his hatchet when approached by officers, but was quickly subdued with pepper spray and batons.
According to the bureau, one firefighter suffered an unspecified head injury, while a volunteer firefighter and a female resident of the home, surnamed Huang (黃), each sustained scalp lacerations.
All three victims remained conscious and were taken to National Cheng Kung University Hospital for treatment.
Following a preliminary investigation, police found Hsin allegedly attacked Huang, his wife’s younger sister, after traveling to her home yesterday morning and getting into an argument.
The dispute was reportedly triggered by Huang’s plan to move abroad and sell a property in which Hsin and his wife currently live, local media reported.
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