The police and firefighters stepped up inspections to check the safety of the Taoyuan Airport MRT station area.

(File photo, picture provided by the police)

[Reporter Zhou Minhong/Taoyuan Report] A Chinese male student surnamed Zhang who had studied in Taiwan and had returned to China sent another letter to the mailbox of the Presidential Palace on the 10th, threatening him that he would detonate the bomb already installed at Taoyuan Airport at 4:10 p.m. that day. After receiving the report of the bomb on the MRT train, the Taoyuan City Government Police Department strengthened the inspection of the MRT train and each station, but found no abnormalities.

According to the police, a male student surnamed Zhang sent a threatening letter in the name of a police officer from the Aviation Police Department, mentioning that he had planted three bombs on the express train, which would be detonated at 4:10 p.m. on the 10th.

After the police received the report, they tracked down the IP address of the threatening letter and confirmed that it was the male student surnamed Zhang again. Fortunately, nothing unusual was found.

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In addition, the male student surnamed Zhang threatened him on the morning of the 10th that he had planted bombs at Jijie A12 and A13 stations.