Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-23
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Reports in the media Friday that a Ph.D. student from Taiwan might have lost his hand in an attack in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh turned out to be false, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Earlier, MOFA said it was seeking contact with Linus Huang, 35, a student in Sydney, Australia, who had traveled to Great Britain for research.

News of an attack came only a few days after a Taiwanese tourist was dragged by the side of a train in Paris by an alleged Eastern European assailant.

Huang reportedly called his relatives in Taiwan on Friday morning to let them know he and a friend from Thailand had been attacked in Edinburgh, but the conversation had been broken off and his family had been unable to locate him.

According to media reports, Huang might have lost his hand while his Thai friend had been covered in blood.     [FULL  STORY]