A 48 year old man, obsessed with Taiwanese idol ‘Dora’ tried to commit hara-kiri style suicide after her final performance on March 31
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/04/01
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A 48 year old Japanese man, obsessed with a Taiwanese idol,
Image from ET Today video, and Dora’s FB page
attempted suicide in public around the Nankang Software Park in Taipei on March 31.
Police were alerted to the scene on Saturday afternoon at 2:24 p.m., where the 48 year old man had stabbed himself in the abdomen after becoming despondent, in what appears to have been attempted hari-kiri style suicide.
He was rushed to the Tri-Service General Hospital, where he was treated for the non-life threatening stab wound.
When asked why the man attempted to commit suicide, he replied in simple English to police officers, saying that he was depressed because the performances of his favorite Taiwanese idol, Zhou Yingxin (周盈欣), also known as Dora, would no longer be performing or uploading online content. [FULL STORY]
