Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen calls for calm after man held over ‘bomb’ placed outside opposition party office weeks before election
- Suspect is shot and detained by police after 13-hour stand-off in the southern city of Kaohsiung
- He is accused of leaving an explosive device outside the office of the main opposition party Kuomintang in the neighbouring city of Tainan
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen has called for calm after police shot and detained a man suspected of planting an explosive device outside a campaign office for the main opposition party.
Tsai, who is seeking re-election in next month’s contest, urged people to “stay calm and rational” in the final days of the campaign, according to the Central News Agency.
“As a member of a democratic nation … we should join efforts to maintain the stability of the society,” she said.
The president was speaking after the suspect was detained following a near 13-hour stand-off with police in Kaohsiung, a city on the south of the island.
The man – identified by his surname Wu – was suspected of planting a device containing wires, liquid and powder outside a Kuomintang office in the neighbouring city of Tainan.
When police tracked him down to a rented flat on Friday night he refused to surrender and threatened to ignite explosives, Central News reported.
