Large anti-terror drill in Paris

Large anti-terror drill in Paris

World April 20, 2016 09:56

- With a fictional terrorist attack on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning held a major exercise in the Paris Montparnasse train station by police and security forces. French media reported Wednesday that no previous exercise was held in combating terrorism on such a large scale in the center of Paris.

It sure did 150 runners participated in simulating an attack on the station. Also Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and the prefect of Paris, Michel Cadot, were present.

The scenario was that nine terrorists invaded the station, while they killed travelers. Three went to the counter and the other six went to a platform. The terrorists then holed up in a high-speed train and a shop where they held people hostage. With coordinated action by specialized police were nine offenders in ten minutes from the start of the rescue operation off. The whole operation took less than an hour.

Cazeneuve endeavors that such attacks anti-terror units are at least twenty minutes on the spot. He announced measures to allow quicker intervention. So get special forces new powers to prevent confusion arises over what security should occur.,, During a crisis, our citizens expect flawless cooperation, '' said Cazeneuve.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Wednesday that the state of emergency in force since the bloody attacks of November 13 in Paris, will be extended with a view to the European Championship in June in France.

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