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The 200-person police exercise simulated a bomb attack with a knife at the airport

2021-04-22T19:18:12.253Z


The Police Operations Department and the Interdepartmental Counter-Terrorism Task Force jointly organized a counter-terrorism exercise at the J section of the Airport Terminal 1 in the evening (22nd), simulating someone placing suspicious objects, taking hostages with knives and attempting to make bomb attacks


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Written by: Zhong Yan

2021-04-23 02:02

Last update date: 2021-04-23 02:02

The Police Operations Department and the Inter-departmental Counter-Terrorism Task Force jointly organized a counter-terrorism exercise at the J section of the Airport Terminal 1 in the evening (22nd), simulating someone placing suspicious objects, taking hostages with knives and attempting to make bomb attacks.

According to the police, the threat of terrorist attacks in Hong Kong is still moderate. Hong Kong has no specific intelligence to show that Hong Kong is likely to be attacked, but they must beware of the resurgence of local terrorist awareness.

The exercise code-named "Tie Zhi", from the fire department, airport security, and various police departments, a total of about 200 people participated.

The exercise was divided into two parts. The first part was to simulate a suspicious object case in the passenger terminal building. A man left his handbag and left. A nearby citizen noticed him and immediately notified the police and airport security staff.

After the police suspected it was a suspicious item, they immediately evacuated the crowd and sealed off the scene.

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The second part is about the simulated terrorist group beheading passers-by, taking hostages and attempting to carry out bomb attacks in the passenger terminal.

Five persons disguised as a terrorist group rushed into the passenger terminal and were intercepted by airport security. Explosives search dogs found that one of the terrorists was suspected of containing explosives in his luggage. He then rushed into the airport. One of them rushed into the airport. A sharp knife was taken out in the middle, and a passer-by was chopped while obstructing. When the airport special police officers arrived, they shot at the knife-bearer. The injuries of the chopped person were dealt with first, and the gunshot wounds were dealt with after the paramedics arrived. Suspect.

Several other terrorists rushed into the airport, held passers-by as hostages with knives and guns, and confronted the airport special police team.

The police negotiating team came to the scene and said with a loudspeaker, "All of them are innocent citizens, this matter can still be resolved peacefully", and the negotiation robot was released. The simulated terrorists demanded "Let me go, brothers, if you don’t I kill the hostages" and threaten to detonate an explosive device.

A special police team commonly known as "Flying Tigers" arrived at the scene, subdued the terrorists, and took them away. The hostages were released safely. Eventually, the explosives disposal department personnel used bomb disposal robots to dismantle the explosive devices with high-pressure water guns.

The Acting Senior Superintendent of the Interdepartmental Counter-Terrorism Task Force Leung Wai-ki said that in recent years, global terrorism is complex and changeable. "We noticed that there are extremists overseas who use local controversial or political issues to rationalize extreme violence or pursue political or ideological claims." Threats with individualized "lone wolf" attacks.

However, he pointed out that the exercise did not address specific issues, but was just a general situation, referring to different forms of terrorism that would choose important transportation facilities such as airports.

He said that Hong Kong's society has gradually stabilized recently, but it is still necessary to guard against the "resurgence" of local terrorism. He said that the explosives found in Fanling earlier showed that the threat still exists.

Liang said that the current level of the threat of terrorist attacks in Hong Kong remains moderate, and there is no specific information indicating that Hong Kong will be the target of attacks.

He said that he will continue to use publicity and education to remind security and property management personnel to be more vigilant, and to raise the public's awareness of responding to explosives.

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