Man allegedly cuts young girl’s throat
WITH A SMILE:The
eight-year-old was undergoing emergency medical treatment as of press time.
Reports said the suspect was angry at being jobless, or had been scolded for
not visiting his cancer-stricken father
By Jake Chung / Staff writer
A 29-year-old man
surnamed Kung (龔) was arrested
yesterday after an attack at an elementary school in Taipei in which an
eight-year-old girl’s throat was cut.
As of press time,
the girl was undergoing emergency medical treatment at Taipei Veterans
General Hospital
Police said
preliminary investigations suggest Kung entered the grounds of Wenhua
Elementary School (文化國小) in Taipei’s
Beitou District (北投) at about 4pm
yesterday, before walking up four flights of stairs to the girls’ restroom,
pulling out a knife when he saw the girl about to enter the restroom and
allegedly slashing her twice across the throat.
The girl was found
lying in a pool of blood and was rushed to hospital, while Kung remained at the
scene and was detained by police.
An angry crowd
gathered outside the police station last night and attempted to beat Kung as he
stepped out of the police car. The police managed to hold back the crowd and
took him into the station.
There was
conflicting information about Kung’s supposed motive, with some sources saying
that he was enraged after being unable to find work for four months, while
others said that Kung was upset after being scolded by his mother and brother
for not visiting his cancer-stricken father in hospital on Thursday.
Responding to
questions from city councilors about the attack during a question-and-answer
session at a city council meeting, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said that the city would
assemble a special task force to review schoolground safety and security and
establish a system within a year to screen and monitor dangerous people.
He added that the
city presently had no system that would have been capable of keeping tabs on
the suspect.
Department of
Education Commissioner Tang Chih-min (湯志民) said that because schools are “open” as a matter of policy, it
is difficult to keep tabs on everyone entering school grounds.
However, he said
that more could be done to improve schoolground security, including addressing
security camera “blind spots.”
Ko canceled a
planned evening fund-raising appearance because of the incident, instead
chairing a late-night city government meeting about the matter.
Structure of the Lead:
WHO-
WHEN-
WHAT-
WHY-
HOW-
Keywords:
1. preliminary 初步
2. allegedly 據稱
3. detained 被拘留
4. enraged 生氣
5. councilors 議員
6. city council
meeting 市議會會議
7. assemble 組合
The prisoner killed an innocent child and he should be punished by law.
回覆刪除There is no excuse that he can do such a brutal thing. After this event happened,
we realized schools are not safe. We should know how to protect ourselves.
Don't go anywhere alone. If we hurt, our family and friends will more painful than us.
When I saw this news, it is quite shocking. How could a man so cruel to kill a little girl, who just an elementary school student. A litter girl, who didn't have ability to fight back. In nowadays society, it often happen someone to kill an unrelated person because they didn't satisfy with their life. It made everyone pay attention to the importance of safety on campus.
回覆刪除When I saw this news I felt very anger about the killer. The litter girl just an elementary school student. I think the killer should sentenced to death. Because he make a young life gone. And through this event we should pay attention to our safety on campus.
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