Taiwan gears up for New Year, heightens security after knife attack

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Taipei conducted a security drill on Friday (Dec 26) following last week's fatal stabbing attack in the city centre that killed four people.  The exercise was also part of the government's safety measures ahead of the city’s New Year's Eve fireworks celebration.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Taipay conducted a security drill on Friday, following last week's fatal stabbing attack

00:11in the city center that killed four people. The exercise, ahead of the New Year's Eve

00:16fireworks celebration, simulated three scenarios, including a Molotov cocktail attack in a

00:22subway station, and an armed attack at a bus transit center and a shopping mall.

00:30Residents said it is good to see that the authorities are stepping up measures to make the city safe.

00:35I just saw that the government's training is very complete. It's also a training with the

00:42oil company's training. I think all of these are according to the needs of the citizens.

00:49In the future, if they happen in a situation, they will have a certain situation. It's a

00:56safe and safe. As I said before, I think there will be a big fear. I don't want to go

01:04on the street to go shopping. But I know that the government and the public safety

01:11During the incident that happened on December 19th,

01:36a 27-year-old man identified as Chang Wen threw smoke bombs at the Taipei MRT main station

01:43and then carried out a knife attack near the Zhongshan station during the evening rush hour.

01:48The suspect died after falling from a building during a police chase.

01:55Police said the suspect, who was a former soldier,

01:58began preparing for the attack in April last year by acquiring the weapons

02:02and he acted alone after being inspired by random killing incidents like the Taipei Metro attack in 2014.

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