The China Post
Date: July 10, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The suspect involved in the commuter train explosion that injured 25 people on

To better safeguard passengers on trains following the recent blast incident, railway police are being deployed on trains starting Saturday, July 9. (CNA)

Thursday night is suspected of considering injecting poison into consumer drinks to trigger public panic, an investigation task force said on Saturday.

Investigators found that the 55-year-old male suspect, Lin Ying-chang (林英昌) — among the 25 victims wounded after Thursday night’s blast — allegedly borrowed NT$500 from the boss of a breakfast stand in Nantou County, Central Taiwan, and then purchased a bottle of Paraquat, a highly toxic weed killer, before heading north to Taipei on a commuter train.

Investigators originally thought Lin intended to commit suicide by drinking the toxic herbicide after perpetrating the criminal act of detonating an explosive device on the commuter train approaching the Taipei Songshan railway station.     [FULL  STORY]