Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/09
By: Christie Chen and Hsiao Po-yang
Taipei, July 9 (CNA) A 55-year-old man who allegedly detonated an explosive device on a
(From Lin Ying-chang’s Facebook page)
commuter train in Taipei earlier this week appears to have led a troubled life as more details emerged after he was identified by the police on Friday.
Lin Ying-chang (林英昌), who was among the most severely injured passengers in the explosion, has been treated for mental illness and tonsil cancer, and has been facing financial difficulties in recent years, investigators said Friday.
They found hospital records of Lin’s treatment for mental illness and cancer.
Lin’s son told police on Friday that his parents are divorced and that his father used to work as a painter for buildings and structures, but left home many years ago and has been listed as a missing person. [FULL STORY]
