Eight-year-old who had throat cut dies in hospital

‘POLITE YOUNG MAN’:Murder suspect Kung Chung-an reportedly confessed to the killing. His former colleagues said he was well-mannered and performed his job well

Taipei Times
Date:  May 31, 2015
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

A second-grader whose throat was cut at an elementary school in Taipei died of her

Kung Chung-an, who is suspected of having killed a student at the Wenhua Elementary School in Taipei’s Beitou District on Friday, is escorted by police to the Shilin Distirct Court yesterday.  Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times

Kung Chung-an, who is suspected of having killed a student at the Wenhua Elementary School in Taipei’s Beitou District on Friday, is escorted by police to the Shilin Distirct Court yesterday. Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times

wounds yesterday, less than a day after she was attacked.

The eight-year-old girl, who was identified only by her surname, Liu (劉), was found bleeding from her neck and unconscious on the floor of a bathroom on Friday afternoon and was rushed to Taipei Veterans General Hospital.

Medical staff said Liu showed no vital signs when she arrived at the hospital and had a 10cm cut to her neck that had severed her trachea and carotid artery.

Doctors resuscitated Liu and restored her vital signs after surgery, but she remained in critical condition. She was pronounced dead at 10:43am yesterday.     [FULL  STORY]

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