A fugitive who escaped from custodial protection in Keelung Sunday and later fled to Taipei was captured by police Wednesday evening in New Taipei's Xinzhuang District, local authorities said.
The campuses of schools in northern Taiwan will reopen to the public during non-school hours on Thursday, following the capture late Wednesday of an escaped fugitive in New Taipei.
A man who wounded three passengers in an apparent random knife attack on a Taichung Mass Rapid Transit (TMRT) train on Tuesday morning is to be investigated by prosecutors for attempted murder, according to the city's police department.