Channel News Asia
Date: 13 Oct 2017
By: AFP
TAIPEI: A man who used a stolen samurai sword to attack a military police guard
A suspect identified only by his family name Lu (C), is escorted by policemen at a local police bureau in Taipei on August 18, 2017, after he was suspected of slashing a police guard with a Samurai sword at the Presidential Palace. (Photo: AFP/Sam Yeh)
outside Taiwan’s presidential office in August has been charged with attempted murder, prosecutors said Friday (Oct 13).
Wielding the sword and carrying the national flag of China, Lu Chun-yi slashed the guard, who was trying to prevent him from entering the complex, in the neck, face, and hands, before being arrested.
The 51-year-old, who has been detained since the Aug 18 attack, has said he wanted to fly the Chinese flag in the presidential office, and was carrying hand-written notes threatening to “behead” President Tsai Ing-wen.
The notes, found in his backpack, also expressed his willingness to die as well as his hopes for China to unify Taiwan soon, according to prosecutors. [FULL STORY]
