Gunman opens fire at election rally
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November 27, 2010, Saturday
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A GUNMAN opened fire at a campaign rally on the eve of key local elections in Taiwan yesterday, killing one man and critically wounding the son of a political heavyweight. A suspect, believed to be a gang member, is in custody.
Police said the men were hit when the assailant rushed the stage at an elementary school in Yung Ho, a town on the outskirts of Taipei.
Hospital officials said that though he was shot in the face and temple, Lien Sheng-wen's life was not in danger.
He is the son of Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang party.
Such acts of violence are unusual in election campaigns in Taiwan. Violence carried out by Taiwan's gangs is also limited, though the gangs themselves exercise considerable political influence, particularly on Taiwan's county governments.
Lien Chan and his 40-year-old son are both members of the ruling Kuomintang party, which is fighting the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party in today's elections of five large cities.
Taiwan people will elect mayors and local officials in the five cities around the island. Lien Sheng-wen was speaking on behalf of a candidate for city council - the apparent target of the crime, according to Taiwan police chief Wang Cho-chiun.
A police official from Yung Ho said the suspect had 48 bullets in his possession when taken into custody. He confirmed that another man, surnamed Huang, was killed.
Taiwan TV stations reported that the suspect was nicknamed "horse face," a sobriquet indicating membership of one of Taiwan's criminal gangs.
Police said the men were hit when the assailant rushed the stage at an elementary school in Yung Ho, a town on the outskirts of Taipei.
Hospital officials said that though he was shot in the face and temple, Lien Sheng-wen's life was not in danger.
He is the son of Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang party.
Such acts of violence are unusual in election campaigns in Taiwan. Violence carried out by Taiwan's gangs is also limited, though the gangs themselves exercise considerable political influence, particularly on Taiwan's county governments.
Lien Chan and his 40-year-old son are both members of the ruling Kuomintang party, which is fighting the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party in today's elections of five large cities.
Taiwan people will elect mayors and local officials in the five cities around the island. Lien Sheng-wen was speaking on behalf of a candidate for city council - the apparent target of the crime, according to Taiwan police chief Wang Cho-chiun.
A police official from Yung Ho said the suspect had 48 bullets in his possession when taken into custody. He confirmed that another man, surnamed Huang, was killed.
Taiwan TV stations reported that the suspect was nicknamed "horse face," a sobriquet indicating membership of one of Taiwan's criminal gangs.
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