Plaque to be placed at Taipei Main for stabbing heroBy Tung Kuan-yi and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerA commemorative plaque is to be placed in Taipei Main Station for Yu Chia-chang (余家昶), the man killed defending against a knife-wielding attacker during last month’s mass stabbing, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said this morning. Nearly 590 messages were posted on a temporary memorial wall at the Taipei MRT’s Zhongshan Station. Taipei Rapid Transit Corp has designed and created a plaque to commemorate Yu, which is expected to be placed at Taipei Main Station Exit M8 on floor B1, Chiang said. A person views messages and flowers left in memory of the victims of a stabbing attack in Taipei last month at MRT Zhongshan Station. Photo: Tung Kuan-yi, Taipei TimesThe company is still in discussions with Yu’s family regarding details, including its installment date, and would continue to respect their wishes, he added.

Source: Taipei Times January 05, 2026 09:21 UTC