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(CNN) -- A four-year-old girl was beheaded in the Taiwanese
capital of Taipei in what appears to have been a random knife
attack, Taiwanese state media said.

On Monday morning, a 33-year-old man attacked the girl with a
cleaver in full view of her mother as they were on their way to
the metro station, Focus Taiwan said.

The mother of the slain child said her daughter had been riding
her bike about a meter away when it became stuck.

She saw the man approaching and at first thought he was going to
help her daughter but he drew his knife and decapitated her.

"I saw the suspect slashing my daughter with a cleaver. I
immediately grabbed him but I could not pull him away," she said.

Bystanders heard her screams for help and rushed to restrain the
attacker until police arrived.

An initial investigation found that the suspect, identified only
by his surname Wang, waited near the metro station after
allegedly purchasing the knife at a supermarket earlier that day.

Citing police, Focus Taiwan said the man had a history of mental
illness and had received treatment at a psychiatric hospital.

The suspect was detained at a police station, where a large
angry crowd gathered. Officers attempted to escort him out of
the building, still with blood splashed across his face, but
several people rushed the suspect, eventually forcing police to
take him back inside.

In 2014, a 21-year-old Taiwanese man Cheng Chieh went on a mass
stabbing spree on the Taipei metro system, killing four people
and injuring 24 more.

http://www.ktvq.com/story/31585216/four-year-old-girl-beheaded- in-taiwan-knife-attack
 

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