MRT patrols increased after social media bomb threatBy Wang Kuan-jen and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerPolice today said they are stepping up patrols throughout the Taipei MRT system, after a social media user threatened to detonate a bomb at an unspecified station this afternoon. Many copycat messages have been posted since Friday’s stabbing attacks at Taipei Main Station and near Zhongshan MRT Station that left three dead and 11 injured, police said. Police officers patrol in Taipei Main Station yesterday. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei TimesLast night, a Threads user in a post said they would detonate a bomb on the Taipei MRT system at 1:30pm today, without specifying where. The stations include Songshan, Nangang and Taipei railway stations in Taipei; Banqiao station in New Taipei City; Songzhu, Daqing and Xinwuri stations in Taichung; and Xinzuoying in Kaohsiung.

Source: Taipei Times December 22, 2025 06:01 UTC