Prank caller arrested for false Taipei MRT killing threat
Prank caller arrested for false Taipei MRT killing threat
2026-02-24
Commuters in Taipei were in for a fright on the first working day after the Lunar New Year break: someone called Taipei Metro and threatened to kill passengers in a specific train car between Nanjing Sanmin and Songshan Stations on the Green Line during the evening rush hour. Fortunately, the threat turned out to be a hoax, and the person who made it, a 35-year-old man from Kaohsiung, was subsequently arrested for threatening public safety. Turns out, the man, surnamed Cheng, had a history of making prank calls to public services. More chillingly, the threat was made as Taipei was still recovering from the attacks in December last year.
Fully armed Police officers are deployed to Songshan Station on the Taipei MRT. They charge ahead, sparing no time and effort to respond to a killing threat.
On the platform, officers are urging passengers not to enter. They remain on high alert, until they’re sure that the threat was entirely a hoax.
Witness
Taipei MRT Songshan Station
I’m here to pick up my granddaughter. I had no idea. There were so many police officers, so I left. I’m worried about the kid. The Zhongshan Station attack is still very fresh.
Passengers were in for a fright with so many officers inside the MRT station. After investigating, the police determined the threat to be false. The prank caller was a 35-year-old man in Kaohsiung surnamed Cheng. He’d threatened to kill passengers on a train car between Nanjing Sanmin and Songshan stations.
Ma Sheng-chieh
FTV reporter
The man in question made the threat via an AI customer service on the MRT app. He also specified the train car where he’s supposedly carrying out his threat. It’s not the first time he’s tricked public services this way.
Just last month, he submitted a false report with the Taipei MRT in the same way. Back then, he claimed that there was a fire in a train car on the Brown Line. The police had summoned him for questioning afterwards, but he didn’t show up. In July last year, he also threatened attacks at the Kaohsiung High Speed Rail station.
Chen Chih-feng
Songshan Precinct, Taipei City Police
We’ve established a working group to deal with this case. The suspect was also summoned to a Kaohsiung station. After we conclude our investigation, we will file the case with local prosecutors and have him detained, for the crime of threatening public safety.
Memories of the Taipei attacks in December last year remain fresh and the public is still on high alert. So even though the killing did not take place, it still rattled commuters.
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開工虛驚! 高雄男子謊報"在北捷殺人" 落網供稱:無聊犯案
2026-02-24
大年初七，竟然有人揚言要在捷運「南京三民站」到「松山站」之間殺人！適逢下班尖峰時刻，警方隨即到場，沒有發現異狀，一查之下，原來是謊報！這一名謊報的35歲鄭姓男子，家住高雄，警方循線將他逮捕後，他宣稱無聊才犯案！警方一查，這已經不是他第一次用類似手法，製造恐慌！
捷運松山站內，突然湧入大批員警，手持盾牌、配戴槍械，一路往前衝，因為警方獲報，有人揚言要在捷運站內殺人。
一邊衝向月台，一邊大喊要乘客不要再前往月台，警方提高警戒巡邏搜索，離奇的是沒發現異狀。
[[目擊民眾]]
“我是接孫女，我完全不知道，那邊有好多警察，然後我就下來，我擔心的是小孩，前一次不是才在那個中山站”
周一下班時刻，車站內的民眾，見到大批警力，真的嚇壞，警方調查，才發現是謊報。謊報的人，是一名家住高雄楠梓，35歲的鄭姓男子，揚言要在南京三民站到松山站之間殺人。
[[民視記者 馬聖傑]]
“這名男子都會利用，捷運App的AI智慧客服來進行通報，並且都會明確的說出車廂號碼，而這也不是他頭一回，利用類似的手法進行犯案”
今年一月，鄭姓男子利用同樣手法，謊報捷運文湖線有火燒意外，捷運警察當時通知到到案說明，但他沒現身；去年7月，他也謊報，要在高雄台鐵站殺人。
[[松山分局偵查隊隊長 陳志峯]]
“經本分局成立專案小組，在高雄地區將犯嫌拘提到案，全案訊後將依恐嚇危安罪嫌，移送地檢署偵辦並建請羈押”
畢竟12月才發生的捷運站隨機攻擊事件，讓人心惶惶，這回的謊報殺人事件，雖然最後虛驚一場，卻已經造成恐慌。
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