Armed police officers arrest a "terrorist" yesterday during an exercise in the Pudong New Area. About 200 personnel, two assault boats, four armed vehicles and a helicopter from an anti-terrorist unit took part in the drill, which was staged to test the city's capabilities in dealing with such a threat. (Photo/Xinhu)a
In Shanghai, a counter-terrorism exercise is underway. The two-day exercise begin on Friday morning in a subway.
There are six programs for the exercise, and one major training program is hostage rescue, which designed according to the current international situation of extremists threats. The background is that in the rush hours in morning, an identified terrorist break out the security in a subway station, attacking passengers and security.
Counter-terrorism groups from armed polices rushed to the scene and begin rescue once received the alarming.
