Hong Kong police conduct another large-scale antiterror drill three days before Ariana Grande concert
Operation involved more than 200 officers from Counter Terrorism Response Unit, Police Tactical Unit and Hong Kong Island’s Emergency Unit
More than 200 Hong Kong police officers, including the force’s elite anti-terrorist squad, launched a second large-scale antiterrorism drill in three weeks on Monday, days ahead of US singer Ariana Grande’s much-anticipated local performance.
The early morning drill at City Hall building in Edinburgh Place in Central involved officers from the Counter Terrorism Response Unit, Police Tactical Unit and Hong Kong Island’s Emergency Unit.
They were deployed to tackle seven “gunmen” raiding the city’s iconic complex for municipal services, performance venues and libraries in a constructed scenario.
The assailants, role-played by other officers, began a shooting spree in a lobby, “killing” a number of people before bursting into a concert hall.
Officers arrived at the scene and gunned down most of the terrorists after a tactical entry.
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An attacker who attempted to flee by mingling with concert-goers was successfully screened out and subdued.