TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A soldier has died on Taiwan’s outlying Matsu Islands after a reportedly self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

The Second Company Infantry Sergeant of the Army’s Dongyin Regional Headquarters died at 7 a.m. on Thursday morning, according to UDN. A gunshot was reportedly heard throughout the small town surrounding the army base where the event occurred.

A non-commissioned officer was in the vicinity and called an ambulance, but the sergeant died at the scene. Police are now investigating the incident.

Matsu (officially Lienchiang County) is a group of 19 islands that are of high strategic importance to Taiwan’s armed forces, given their proximity to China. The islands are heavily militarized with permanent armed forces deployments.

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