An unidentified person threw a smoke bomb at the M7 exit of Taipei Main Station MRT, causing one man to fall unconscious, according to an X post by @foreignersinTW issued over the past hour ending at 5:17 p.m. UTC. This eyewitness account aligns with the start of Friday evening attacks by 27-year-old suspect Zhang Wen at the same location around 5:27 p.m. local time, as reported by TVBS and Focus Taiwan in earlier updates, where he deployed smoke grenades before fleeing to Zhongshan Station. Zhang Wen then stabbed seven people near Zhongshan Station, leaving three seriously injured, and fell to his death, bringing the death toll to four including the suspect and six seriously injured overall, per a Chinese news report and TVBS from prior hours. Police inspected the Zhongshan Station scene following the incident, according to Focus Taiwan issued before 4:16 p.m. UTC, and discovered 25 Molotov cocktails in Zhang's hotel room along with evidence of pre-attack arsons on his apartment, car, and motorcycles, as stated by TVBS.
