METRO RAMPAGE: Police tracing user who threatened to attack KaohsiungStaff writer, with CNAKaohsiung police are tracing a copycat threat made on social media after Friday’s deadly knife attack in Taipei that killed three people and injured 11. A user on Threads on Friday wrote that the suspect in the Taipei Main Station attack was his “brother” and that they belonged to the same organization, the Kaohsiung Precinct of the Railway Police Bureau said. They threatened to continue what the suspect had “failed to complete,” warning that Kaohsiung Station would be the next target, the bureau said yesterday, adding that the user also said they would “reshape a dysfunctional society.”Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, center, inspect police mobilization at the Kaohsiung Station yesterday. The threat was posted hours after an attack on Friday evening in Taipei Main Station and the nearby Zhongshan MRT Station. The city also would step up security at its railway, metro and high-speed rail stations, Chen said.

Source: Taipei Times December 20, 2025 17:14 UTC