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Air gun found at Taiwan leader’s event
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Taiwan authorities arrested a man who tried to take a BB gun, a type of air gun, into a campaign event led by President Ma Ying-jeou, the president’s office said on Thursday.
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Authorities at a late Wednesday campaign rally in southern Pingtung county, where Ma’s ruling party seeks to unseat the opposition in an election for magistrate next month, found the gun during a routine security check shortly before the president arrived, his spokesman Tony Wang said. A 19-year-old man who brought the gun was arrested, he said. A BB gun shoots small metal balls with enough force to puncture the skin and eyes. “He might have had the intent to kill or injure,” Wang said. “We need to do further checks.” Ma was unfazed by the incident and grateful for event security’s early detection, he said. Elected last year on pledges to improve relations with political rival China, Ma has angered citizens who support Taiwan’s formal independence. China has claimed sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan since 1949 and vowed to bring the island under its rule, by force if necessary.
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REUTERS
TAIPEI
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Benzer Haberler 
World
