A stabbing spree on the Green line of the Taichung MRT injures four people, including the perpetrator.
2024 Taichung Metro attack
On 21 May 2024, a Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree directed at passengers on a Taichung Metro train, near Taichung City Hall station. Three people, including the attacker, were injured. The attack occurred exactly ten years after the 2014 Taipei Metro attack.
Green line (Taichung MRT)
The Green line of the Taichung MRT is a medium-capacity rapid transit line in Taichung. The line was briefly opened to the public on 16 November 2020, but closed on 22 November due to faulty couplers on the trains. The line officially re-entered service on 25 April 2021, becoming Taiwan's fifth rapid transit system in operation. Two extensions, one heading east to Dakeng and the other reaching south into Changhua, are also planned.
Taichung MRT
The Taichung MRT is a medium-capacity rapid transit system in Taichung, Taiwan. Taichung MRT's first route, the Green Line, officially began operation on 25 April 2021, making it the 5th rapid transit system operating in Taiwan.
May 21
May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 224 days remain until the end of the year.