At 5 p.m. on December 10, the magazine brought together from various places in Taiwan more than 200 lawless and radical elements armed with clubs. steel bars, iron hooks, torches, incendiary chemicals, axes, wine bottles and rocks that had been deliberately gathered and made ready specifically for such use.
姚、施等回到宣傳車不到五分鐘，四、五十名男子點燃了火把，另有數十人手持鐵棒與四尺多長的木棍，開始向中正四路前進，三輛宣傳車尾隨，並呼叫民眾跟著遊行。