A four-year-old Taiwanese girl was decapitated by a man outside a Taipei subway station on March 28.
The gruesome incident occurred in the Neihu district, where a man approached the child while she was riding a bicycle, grabbed her and beheaded her with a kitchen knife, Taiwan media reported.
The girl’s mother said she was walking just a meter behind her daughter, and thought the man was trying to help her ride up a hill, only to realized he had different intentions. He started slashing her daughter with the knife instead.
The mom screamed for help, according to local media reports, while people pinned the suspect down until the police arrived.
Television footage shows a mob of people gathering outside a local police station trying to punch the suspect, some brought along baseball bats.
内湖4岁刘姓女童”小灯泡”遭男子持刀割颈至死事件，警方在晚间召开记者会说明，王嫌至少对女童砍了12刀，先砍后切。https://t.co/Ad0QLRBr33 pic.twitter.com/UvubVKwKJn
— 南洋商报eNanyang (@nanyangpress) March 28, 2016
According to KFVS 12, the case’s chief investigator said officers are still trying to find out whether the suspect particularly targeted the child and why.
Police are questioning the 33-year-old man named Wang Jingyu, who’s unemployed and has a record of drug-related crimes, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency. He also had previously been treated for mental illness.
Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou called for a full investigation to “ensure justice be served.”
臺北內湖區今發生女童當街遭虐殺慘案，警方今自兇嫌房間搜出近29本的筆記本，內容多為反共抗俄計畫。兇嫌亦自稱古代聖君「堯舜」之一的「堯」，還不斷對警員等辦案人員說「見朕還不跪下！」。 – https://t.co/unf4WgvmPg pic.twitter.com/SqL7H5ts1j
— 博闻社 (@bowenpress) March 28, 2016
According to Mashable, after Jingyu’s arrest, police searched his home and found a notepad with scribbling that read: “Killing Sichuan girls can extend bloodline.”
People mourned the little girl on March 29 with numerous flowers and tributes at the scene of the crime.
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