Taiwanese among six killed in California
SANTA BARBARA:Hong Cheng-yuan was the roommate of suspected killer Elliot Rodger. The foreign ministry is still checking whether another victim is Taiwanese
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA and AP
US authorities have confirmed that at least one of the victims in a killing spree last week in California was a Taiwanese student, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Anna Kao (高安) said yesterday.
Representatives from the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Exchange Office (TECRO) branch in Los Angeles has “established direct contact with local authorities” and the University of California at Santa Barbara to offer its assistance, Kao added.
On Friday night, Elliot Rodger, 22, allegedly stabbed to death his two roommates — Hong Cheng-yuan (洪晟元), also known as James, 20, and George Chen, 19 — and a visitor, Wang Weihan, 20, from Fremont, California, in their apartment near the university campus.
Rodger then drove to the Alpha Phi sorority house on campus and shot three women on the lawn.
Katherine Cooper, 22, and Veronika Weiss, 19 — both students at the university — were killed. The third women, as yet unidentified, is being treated for multiple gunshot wounds.
Rodger drove on to a local deli, went inside and shot and killed Christopher Ross Michaels-Martinez, 20.
He injured 13 more either with gunshots or a car that he used as a battering ram against bicyclists and skateboarders.
The killing spree claimed seven lives, including Rodger’s.
The Santa Barbara County Sherriff’s Office said Rodger took his own life after the rampage.
US media reports said Rodger had uploaded multiple YouTube videos, including one, which has since been removed, titled Day of Retribution, promising to have “his revenge against humanity” — particularly the women whom he claims rejected him.
Hong, who identified himself on Facebook as having grown up in Taipei, had graduated from Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California, the TECRO office in Los Angeles said.
The office is still seeking confirmation with the university whether Chen was also Taiwanese.
Structure of the Lead:
WHO-Hong Cheng-yuan
WHEN-yesterday
WHAT-US authorities have confirmed that at least one of the victims in a killing spree last week in California was a Taiwanese student
WHY-not given
WHERE-not given
HOW-The foreign ministry is still checking whether another victim is Taiwanese
Keywords：
1.ministry:(政府的)部
2.killing spree:殺戮行為
3.allegedly:據宣稱
4.sorority:女學生聯誼會
5.campus:校園，校區
6.deli:熟食店
7.claim:奪走(生命)
1.ministry:(政府的)部
2.killing spree:殺戮行為
3.allegedly:據宣稱
4.sorority:女學生聯誼會
5.campus:校園，校區
6.deli:熟食店
7.claim:奪走(生命)
It's really a terrible news.I can't imagine how sorrowful the victims' family are.And we should figure out that the random killing happens in the world repeatedly.The authority have to try their best to prevent the tragedy from happening again.In addition, I think we should also care and love other people around us,I believe that love can bring peace to the whole world.
回覆刪除Nowadays, young generation has become more radical. Rodger killed six people just because girls didn't like him. It is really unbelievable for me, how can a person kill people so easily just for not having a girlfriend! The Taiwanese student has a great future waiting for him, but eventually killed for no reason. I think the government should do something to the people like Rodger, the killer. Those people should be treated and tracked to avoid harming people. We can't avoid all tragedies, but we can try our best to lower its probability.
回覆刪除What the terrible news was! In my opinion, Rodger who was the killer needed to be helped, and I also consider that the government can give more available assist to those teenagers with sick mental. On the other hand, the government should pay more attention to the teenagers. If the police had done something earlier, there could not have been such a misery. Hoping that the death could make everyone in the world be aware of the issue.
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