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Taiwan demands release of fishing vessel it says was seized by China’s coast guard
Taiwan said the Chinese coast guard boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat Tuesday before steering it to a port in mainland China, and demanded that Beijing release the vessel.
The Dajinman 88 was intercepted by two Chinese vessels Tuesday evening near the Kinmen archipelago, which lies a short distance off China’s coast but is controlled by Taiwan, Taiwanese maritime authorities said in a statement.
Taiwan dispatched two vessels to rescue the Dajinman 88 but were blocked by Chinese boats and told not to interfere, the statement said. The pursuit was called off to avoid escalating the conflict, the statement added.
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“The Coast Guard calls on the mainland to refrain from engaging in political manipulation and harming cross-strait relations, and to release the Dajinman ship and crew as soon as possible,” the statement read.
The boat had six crew onboard, including the captain and five migrant workers, according to Taiwan’s official Central News Agency. The vessel was just over 12 miles away from Jinjiang in mainland China when it was boarded, Taiwanese authorities said.
China claims self-governing Taiwan as its territory and says the island must come under its control. The Chinese military regularly sends warplanes and ships toward the island and staged a large exercise with dozens of aircraft and vessels in May.
Fishermen from both Taiwan and China regularly sail the stretch of water near the Kinmen archipelago, which has seen a rise in tensions as the number of Chinese vessels — including sand dredgers and fishing boats — have notably increased in the area.
NEW YORK — An 8-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Queens Thursday, and the knife-wielding suspect was shot and killed by officers, the New York City Police Department said.
The stabbing likely stemmed from a domestic dispute, police said, but the details were still unclear. Police said the 20-year-old suspect and the 8-year-old male victim may be brothers or step-brothers. No names were immediately released.
The incident occurred inside an apartment building on 94th Avenue in the borough’s Jamaica neighborhood. Around 5:20 p.m. local time, police say a 29-year-old woman who had been stabbed in the back left the building and walked down the street to MTA Police to ask for help. At the same time, the building’s security desk called 911.
Officers responded within three minutes and went to a fifth-floor apartment after speaking to a witness, police said.
Officers entered the apartment to find the suspect holding his 43-year-old father at knifepoint, police said, and the suspect refused repeated commands to drop the knife.
An officer then fired one round, striking the suspect, police said. Officers immediately rendered aid, and the suspect was taken to an area hospital, where he died.
According to police, an 8-month-old baby was also in the apartment at the time of the incident, but the baby was unharmed.
Footage of the shooting was captured on police body cameras.
The investigation is ongoing.
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