three months later. 2014 stabbing attack On 21 May 2014, 28 people were stabbed in a mass stabbing by a knife-wielding college student on the . The attack occurred on a train near , resulting in 4 deaths and 24 injured. It was the first fatal attack on the metro system since it began operations in 1996. The suspect was 21-year-old Cheng Chieh (鄭捷), a university student at Tunghai University, who was arrested at immediately after the incident. On 6 March 2015, Cheng Chieh was found guilty on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, and was sentenced to death. He was subsequently executed on 10 May 2016. Controversies In early 2021, it was discovered that a pornographic film production company had created a series of sets which copied the design of MRT trains and stations. This caused a brief stir when it was first released as many were concerned that the films had been shot on actual MRT trains and stations. Nevertheless, it was still condemned by Taipei MRT for imitating its train carriages. On 30 December 2021, Taipei MRT rejected an Amnesty International advertisement which featured detained human rights activist Lee Ming-che. See also Eastern District of Taipei Maokong Gondola Rail transport in Taiwan Lists of rapid transit systems List of metro systems Notes Words in native languages References External links Taipei Future Rail Network Map Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation – official website Taipei Department of Rapid Transit Systems Taipei City Government – official website Taipei at UrbanRail.net Underground rapid transit in Taiwan 1996 establishments in Taiwan 750 V DC railway electrification