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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Taiwanese president, VP shot |
| 2004-03-19 |
| Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu were in hospital after being shot on the campaign trail on Friday, television reports and a lawmaker accompanying them said. Chen was rushed to hospital in the southern city of Tainan, a presidential official said. TVBS Television said he was wounded in the stomach. Vice President Annette Lu was shot in the leg, Wang Hsin-nan, a lawmaker from Chenâs Democratic Progressive Party told TVBS. âThe bullet hit the vice president in the knee first, then the president,â Wang said. Chen had sustained a deep 30 cm (14 inch) wound across the stomach, said Wang, who was travelling in the presidentâs motorcade in southern Tainan. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 I wonder if this incident was inspired by the recent events in Spain? |
| Posted by: El Id 2004-3-19 7:15:16 PM |
| #6 I understand they are still in itchy condition. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-19 2:16:49 PM |
| #5 Carrier group? I wonder if there just might happen to be one on port of call in Korea... Off to work I go. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-3-19 8:45:41 AM |
| #4 time for a visit by a carrier group? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-19 4:34:20 AM |
| #3 No sign of mainland tomfoolery? |
| Posted by: someone 2004-3-19 2:34:49 AM |
| #2 The Taiwanese are famous for having their Parliamentary scraps, but this goes overboard IMO. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-3-19 2:16:10 AM |
| #1 More from the AP, 1:53 AM EST: Taiwanese leader Chen Shui-bian was shot in the stomach Friday while campaigning on the last day of the presidential election, a lawmaker traveling with the president said. Lawmaker Wang Hsing-nan, a member of Chen's Democratic Progressive Party, said he saw Chen being treated in the emergency room in the southern city of Tainan. "The president suffered a deep wound about three centimeters (1.2 inches) deep in the stomach," Wang told TVBS cable news. Wang said he was traveling in a car behind Chen's motorcade as it drove through the streets campaigning in Tainan. "I was traveling in the vehicle behind the president when I suddenly saw his car accelerating," Wang said. TVBS cable news showed the convertible the president was riding in parked outside a Tainan hospital. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-3-19 2:09:51 AM |