Chaos and terror at morning market after man wielding knife gets shot
Chaos and terror at morning market after man wielding knife gets shot
2026-02-04
On Wednesday morning, a normally bustling morning market in Miaoli City turned into a scene of chaos and terror. At around 7 o’clock, witnesses at the Nanmiao Morning Market reported a man brandishing a knife in public and wandering through the crowded stalls, sending shoppers and vendors fleeing in panic. Police rushed to the scene and attempted to subdue the suspect with pepper spray, but the situation quickly spiraled out of control. The man became emotionally unstable and suddenly lunged at the police, slashing one officer in the head. With the crisis escalating, other officers fired two shots, one striking the suspect in the chest, and a stray bullet accidentally injured a civilian nearby. The suspect was later escorted to the hospital, but despite emergency treatment, he ultimately died from his injury. The injured police officer is under observation in the intensive care unit, and the injured bystander has been treated and is out of danger.
- Put the knife down
- You leave
Leave
- Put the knife down
A man wielding a knife ignores orders to put the weapon down. The police officers resort to pepper spray, but the man attacks an officer, slashing his head.
A fellow officer fires two shots. One of them hits the assailant in the chest, but the other strikes the palm of a bystander who had been helping restrain the man.
The police officer’s face is covered in blood. Next to him on the floor is the man in a black jacket who attacked him.
Witness
Saw the scuffle
The police used the pepper spray and then he lost his mind and ran off. He ran past here. The cops told him to back off, but he fell down. Then he took out the knife and attacked them.
Witness
Saw the scuffle
One police officer was chasing after him, and another one was at the front. The one at the front tried to grab him, but the man stabbed him in the head. The three of us helped restrain the attacker.
This scene took place at 7:45 in the morning, at the Mishi Street Market in Miaoli. The commotion started when vendors noticed the man brandishing a knife and called the market manager for help until the police arrived.
Market manager
Nanmiao Morning Market
The fishmonger told me there was a man with a knife. I went to him and asked him “Why are you so angry? Why do you have a knife?” He said, “No, I’m going to kill someone.”
Hsu Wen-ming
Police officer
After we received the report, we rushed to the scene and found the knife-wielding man. We ordered him to drop it, but he refused. Pepper spray was deployed on him, but he continued to hold the knife. He then rushed to an officer and slashed his head. To protect everyone’s safety, two shots were fired.
The assailant, the officer, and the bystander were sent to hospital for emergency treatment. The police officer is 31-year-old Mr. Chu, who sustained two knife wounds to his head and partial skull fractures.
Chou Kuo-chih
ER doctor
We estimate that he lost 500cc to 1,000cc of blood. We also found localized skull fractures. After discussing his case with the medical team, we admitted him to the intensive care unit for observation.
The bystander, Mr. Lo, underwent emergency surgery on his palm and is not in serious condition.
Yu Wen-chung
Miaoli Mayor
We were in the same unit when we did our military service. He’s now a vegetable vender at the market. Perhaps his strong sense of justice is what made him step forward to restrain the suspect alongside two others.
The assailant, who was shot in the chest, was pronounced dead after resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.
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驚悚! 帶刀閒晃南苗早市 警頭部遭砍.嫌中彈不治
2026-02-04
苗栗市南苗早市，上午七點多有一名男子，在市場亮刀閒晃，引起民眾恐慌，警方獲報到場，噴辣椒水，嫌犯情緒失控，持刀砍向警察，造成員警頭破血流，其他警力連開兩槍，一槍打中嫌犯，一槍流彈誤傷民眾，嫌犯中槍後，被警方戒護送醫，傷重不治身亡。
- 刀放著
- 你走啦
走啦
- 刀放著
一名男子在市場持刀，員警到場喝斥他把刀放下，但男子不聽勸，警方噴辣椒水，男子竟然持刀攻擊員警頭部。
看到同事受傷，另一名員警開了兩槍，除了打中嫌犯，一旁幫制伏男子的民眾，手掌也被流彈波及。
中刀的員警，滿臉都是血，而旁邊這名穿黑色外套的男子，就是攻擊員警的嫌犯。
[[目擊民眾]]
“警察就朝他噴辣椒水，他就抓狂就跑了，從這邊跑過去，警察他看到，退後，退後，結果跌倒，他就拿刀殺警察”
[[目擊民眾]]
“一個警察追，一個在前面，一個在前面的那個要去抓他，結果他刀子插下去，就插到他的頭，然後我們有三個人幫他壓著”
上午7點45分，苗栗米市街早市，有一名男子在市場亮刀，引起一陣騷動，在員警到場前，攤販先打電話向市場管理員求助。
[[市場管理員]]
“賣魚的跟我講說，有一個人拿刀子，我就說，老大，做什麼這麼生氣，拿刀子幹嘛，他說沒有啊，他要殺人”
[[苗栗分局副分局長 徐文明]]
“我們獲報後立即趕到現場，發現男子持刀，就喝令他把刀子丟棄，但男子不從，員警對他實施噴辣椒水，那個男子持續持刀向員警逼近，並砍向一名員警的頭部，員警隨即為了維護自身安全，對他擊發兩槍”
受傷的三人被送往醫院急救，31歲朱姓員警，頭部2處刀傷，顱骨還有部分骨裂。
[[急診室醫師 周國治]]
“員警出血量，我們估算大概五百到一千CC，發現有局部的顱骨，有骨裂現象，我們經過醫療小組討論結果，會讓警員進加護病房去做觀察”
見義勇為的羅姓民眾，手掌經過緊急手術，沒有大礙。
[[苗栗市長 余文忠]]
“我當兵同梯的，是在這市場送菜賣菜的，可能他個性比較會見義勇為，所以第一時間一發生的時候，他就去壓制，有兩三個人去壓制”
至於胸口中彈的嫌犯，搶救無效，不治身亡。
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