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8 July 2016
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CCTVNEWSTaiwan police: train blast sporadic criminal case not terror attack, suspect identified
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Taiwan train explosion: Suspect named after 25 hurt
Police in Taiwan have named a man who they think was responsible for injuring more than 20 people by setting off a pipe bomb on a busy train.
The suspect, 55-year-old Lin Ying-chang, was seriously injured and is still unconscious.
Police reportedly matched his fingerprints to one found on part of the exploded device, which was found near him on the commuter train.
The blast happened on Thursday in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei.
The motives behind the blast remain unclear.
It is also not yet clear whether the bomb was the work of a group or of one person acting alone.
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The Straits TimesUPDATE: Taiwan police preliminarily rule out terrorism in train blast http://bit.ly/29lBOFO
TAIPEI – Taiwan police on Friday (July 8) preliminarily ruled out terrorism as the cause of a train blast at Songshan Railway Station.
Railway Police Bureau spokesman Wang Bao-zhang said police have not received any intelligence before or after the train blast on Thursday that suggests it was terrorism-related. Neither has anyone or any organisation claimed responsibility for the attack.
“While police found items that are related to explosives in a toilet of the train carriage, they cannot ascertain if those items are related to the blast,” he told a press conference.
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Amrita Bhinder Three explosions in Taipei train car; 24 injured #Taiwan Witnesses saw man who left bag in cabin before explosion.
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Many injured in Taiwan train blast : read more http://man-asse.com/2016/07/many-injured-in-taiwan-train-blast/ …
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The INDIAN Express
Taiwan blast: At least 24 injured in explosion in Taipei commuter train
Local media quoted eyewitnesses saying they had seen a man carry a black rectangle-shaped object onto the train.
At least 24 people were reportedly injured in an explosion in a Taipei commuter train in Taiwan, according to preliminary reports. The blast took place at Songshan railway station in central Taipei.
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“It looks like somebody did this with a malicious intent and we will fully investigate this case,” Taiwan’s premier Lin Chuan told reporters.
Local media quoted eyewitnesses saying they had seen a man carry a black rectangle-shaped object onto the train.
“It looks like somebody did this with a malicious intent and we will fully investigate this case,” Taiwan’s premier Lin Chuan told reporters.
Local media quoted eyewitnesses saying they had seen a man carry a black rectangle-shaped object onto the train.
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At least 21 injured in a blast in Taiwan train http://toi.in/QdLG3a (Picture courtesy: Twitter)
Times of India
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#BREAKING 21 injured in an explosion in a Taiwan passenger train carriage in Taipei; cause of explosion unknown
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AJ+A Taiwan commuter train in the capital of Taipei exploded and injured 21 people, some of them seriously.
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The news agency cited the director of Taiwan’s National Police Agency, Chen Kuo-en, as saying late Thursday that the explosive appeared to be 15 to 20 centimeters (6-8 inches) long and looked like a firecracker.
Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/07/157121/explosion-taiwan-train-injures-21-people
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