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By Luo Hsin-chen and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writer
One man has been detained and three brought in for questioning in Pingtung County after a well-known night market vendor’s son was attacked on Sunday and left with both arms and both legs broken.
A man surnamed Hsu (徐), the 30-year-old son of a food stand owner in Pingtung Night Market, was beaten with hammers and clubs on Sunday afternoon, resulting in four broken limbs, police said.
A group allegedly ambushed him while he was riding his scooter, using two cars to block him in, before stuffing him in the trunk of a BMW sports utility vehicle, they said.
Photo courtesy of the Pingtung County Police Bureau
Hsu was held and tortured for about two hours, leaving him with multiple knife wounds, blunt force injuries and tendon damage to his hands and feet, police said.
He was abandoned at the entrance to a hospital emergency room at 6pm that evening, covered in blood, they said.
The main suspect, a 27-year-old man surnamed Chen (陳), yesterday turned himself in, and the court this morning approved a request to detain him incommunicado, they said.
Police said they are pursuing attempted murder charges.
A preliminary investigation found that the conflict might have arisen after a subordinate of Hsu’s was implicated in a fraud ring case and released on bail of NT$70,000, they said.
On Friday, Hsu led a group of more than 10 people to confront Chen and his associates, injuring one of them with a knife, police said.
A further three suspects were this morning brought in for questioning to determine whether they were involved in the attack, they said.
The investigation was ongoing as of midday today, they added.
Hsu is stable and not in a life-threatening condition, they said.
Additional reporting by CNA
