Local media in Taiwan are reporting that rumors about a person with a knife at a New Year's Eve event in the southern city of Kaohsiung triggered panic and some people were injured.
According to Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS and other outlets, someone shouted there was a person with a knife. People who took part in the event tried to escape all at once and pushed each other.
TVBS quoted city officials and police as saying that two participants had a quarrel and one of them had a pen. People around them mistook it for a knife.
Several people were injured in the uproar, but all the injuries are described as minor. The event resumed about 10 minutes later.
According to Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS and other outlets, someone shouted there was a person with a knife. People who took part in the event tried to escape all at once and pushed each other.
TVBS quoted city officials and police as saying that two participants had a quarrel and one of them had a pen. People around them mistook it for a knife.
Several people were injured in the uproar, but all the injuries are described as minor. The event resumed about 10 minutes later.
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Kaohsiung New Year's Eve event panic: Rumor of knife-wielding person causes chaos, minor injuries. Quarrel between participants led to misunderstanding about a pen being mistaken for a knife. Event resumed shortly after incident.
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Category ID: nhk
URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240101_03/
Date: Jan. 1, 2024
Created: 2024/01/01 06:30
Updated: 2025/12/08 19:32
Last Read: 2024/01/01 16:42