1 man shot, 2 men stabbed during Bangka Qingshan Temple festival in Taipei’s Wanhua District
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/30
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Wounded man being placed in ambulance. (Image from Facebook)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — One man was shot and two men were stabbed during the tail end of a temple festival early this morning in the heart of old Taipei, reported TVBS.
A miaohui (廟會) or temple festival held by the Bangka Qingshan Temple (艋舺青山宮), in which Qingshan Wang (青山靈安尊王, King of Green Mountain) tours Taipei’s Wanhua District, has been underway over the past three days. At 2 a.m. early this morning, as the last night of the festival was starting to wind down, reports came in of a shooting and two stabbings in the area.
However, based on a preliminary police investigation, they do not believe the incidents were directly related to the festival activities. Police are currently reviewing surveillance footage to clarify the circumstances of the assaults.
At 2 a.m. this morning, the fire department received a report that a fight broke out on the Huanhenanbei Expressway and that police on the scene requested medical attention for wounded persons on the scene. A 40-year-old man surnamed Wei (魏) had been shot in his right thigh and had been beaten unconscious.
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