BOMB THREAT: Authorities tracked down and detained a Keelung resident who said online that he planned to plant a bomb at Taipei Railway Station on New Year’s Eve
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 31, 2017
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Taipei City Government is to deploy more than 1,000 police officers to maintain public
Members of the Zhongshan Girls’ High School marching band and color guard yesterday rehearse in preparation for the New Year’s Day raising-of-the-flag ceremony at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
safety at the Taipei New Year’s Eve Countdown Party, while balloons and aerial drones will also be prohibited from the area.
The Taipei Police Department’s Xinyi Precinct (信義) yesterday said that it has formed a counterterrorism task force with the Wei-an Police Special Services Commando Unit to guard against the possibility of a terrorist attack during the celebration, which is to start at 7pm today at the Taipei City Hall Square.
About 1,100 officers would be assigned to keep order at the party venue and at nearby intersections, Xinyi Precinct Deputy Chief Chen Shao-hsu (陳少旭) said, adding that counterterrorism police and sniffer dogs would also patrol the area, looking for suspicious people or hidden explosives.
To prevent a vehicle-ramming attack, large vehicles would be barred around the venue from 6pm, the precinct said, adding that barriers would also be placed at major intersections.
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