Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/20
By: Tang Pei-chun and Elaine Hou
Taipei, Sept. 20 (CNA) A Taiwanese tourist who was attacked after quarreling with other passengers on
a train in Paris is in stable condition after undergoing surgery on Monday, a Taiwanese foreign affairs official said Tuesday.
The assaulted man was traveling with two friends in Paris when they boarded a train at Pont de l’Alma Station on the RER C line on Sunday night and quickly got into an argument with four other passengers, believed to be Eastern European, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Eleanor Wang (王珮玲).
When they got off at the next stop of Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel, they continued the argument with the four people, who remained on the train, Wang said.
One of the passengers grabbed the arm of one of the Taiwanese and dragged him as the train started moving. The man fell to the tracks after the train pulled away and fractured a bone in his arm, according to Wang. [FULL STORY]