Teacher recalls rescuing child stabbed by Miaoli knife attacker

Miaoli, Oct. 3 (CNA) A cram school teacher on Friday recalled her experience when she rushed to pulled a child stabbed by a knife-weilding man in Miaoli to safety.

The teacher, surnamed Huang (黃), tried to pull one of her students, an 11-year-old girl surnamed Ting (丁), away from the attacker, who grabbed Ting from behind before stabbing her in the chest.

"My only thought was 'I must save the child,'" she said.

Huang said she was walking Ting and other children from their elementary school to cram school when the incident occurred.

When they were waiting to cross an intersection, Huang saw the attacker, surnamed Chiu (邱), "fighting with another man" and started to direct the children away.

The other man was identified as 50-year-old Lin (林), who was stabbed in the back and abdomen.

In the process, she turned around and saw Chiu had followed and grabbed Ting, prompting her to run up to try to pull Ting away, she said.

However, Chiu stabbed Ting's chest before letting go, allowing Huang to pull Ting away and cross the street to seek help, she said.

As of press time, Ting was in stable condition at China Medical University Hospital's intensive care unit after undergoing treatment for collapsed lungs and internal bleeding, doctors said.

Lin was admitted into intensive care at Da Chien General Hospital on Thursday, and is also in a stable condition, the hospital said.