Indigenous 8th Army sergeant bravely helps restrain knife attacker on train in SW Taiwan

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/07/04
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An 8th Army Command sergeant and member of the Paiwan tribe has been praised by netizens for bravely stepping in to help subdue and restrain a crazed passenger who inflicted a lethal knife wound on a police officer on Wednesday evening (July 3).

On Wednesday evening, a 54-year-old man surnamed Cheng (鄭) boarded the TRA Tze-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) in Tainan and sat in carriage No. 3, reported Liberty Times. When the conductor began inspecting tickets, he found that Cheng had not purchased a ticket.

Cheng promised that he would buy a ticket when it stopped at Chiayi Station. Unexpectedly, when the train arrived at Chiayi Station, the man moved to carriage No. 4.

When the conductor questioned Cheng, an argument ensued and the conductor called the police. When a 26-year-old police officer surnamed Lee (李) Lee and another officer surnamed Lu (呂) boarded the train at 8:42 p.m., Cheng suddenly burst out into a violent rage, pulled out a fruit knife, and stabbed Lee with it, according to the report.    [FULL  STORY]