2025 Taipei stabbings

2025 Taipei stabbings
Memorial bouquets and messages at the Taipei Main Station after the attack
Location of the stabbing in Taipei
Location25°02′52″N 121°31′02″E / 25.0478°N 121.5172°E / 25.0478; 121.5172
Taipei, Taiwan
Date19 December 2025 (2025-12-19)
c. 17:24 – c. 18:00 (National Standard Time, UTC+08:00)
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Weapons
Deaths4 (including the perpetrator)
Injured11
PerpetratorChang Wen (張文)
MotiveCrimes that amplify social shock through acts of violence, thus asserting their existence and influence.

On 19 December 2025, 27-year-old Chang Wen (Chinese: 張文) threw smoke grenades and stabbed people at two locations in Taipei, Taiwan, killing three people and injuring eleven others. Chang Wen fled from police and died when he fell from the Eslite Bookstore Nanxi building near Zhongshan Station.