- Title: SOUTH KOREA: SOUTH KOREA STAGES AN 'ANTI-TERROR' DRILL IN SEOUL
- Date: 13th October 2004
- Summary: (U3) SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (OCTOBER 13, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR TOWER OF OFFICE BUILDING 0.04 2. LV PEOPLE ROLE-PLAYING AS 'TERRORISTS' 0.10 3. SLV/LV OF PEOPLE ROLE-PLAYING AS 'TERRORISTS' THREATENING CIVILIANS (2 SHOTS) 0.31 4. LV CIVILIANS EVACUATING BUILDING DURING ROLE-PLAY 0.36 5. LV MORE OF PEOPLE ROLE-PLAYING AS
- Embargoed: 28th October 2004 13:00
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- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Reuters ID: LVA4JSFV5PN7MSMHDI3U9M7TCYYS
- Story Text: South Korea stages an 'anti-terror' drill in Seoul.
More than 1,000 South Korean government officials as
well as military officers and civilians staged a training
exercise in the event of a 'terrorist' attack, at Seoul's
ASEM Tower building on Wednesday (October 13).
Armed SWAT police used four helicopters in the staged
operation. SWAT team members used ropes to drop from the
helicopters onto the building. Ropes also enabled SWAT team
members to scale down the sides of the building and
eventually enter the structure to catch the 'terrorists'
and rescue civilians during the mock exercise.
Lee Wang-min, the captain of the Korean National Police
Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team said, "There are
increased domestic and international terrorist threats. So
our combined divisions have prepared a joint exercise for a
hypothetical situation."
South Korea is investigating a warning posted on an
Arabic website threatening attacks if Seoul does not pull
its troops out of Iraq within 14 days, a South Korean official
said on Tuesday (October 12).
The warning comes after Muslims were urged this month
to resist the United States and its allies around the world
in an audio tape believed purported to be from al Qaeda.
Specific details were not given on the website nor the
date the warning was posted, but it said militant agents
claimed to be ready to strike in the South Korean capital.
Security was tightened in early October at airports,
ports, government buildings and other sites after the
airing by Al Jazeera television of an audio tape attributed
to al Qaeda threatening attacks on the United States and
its allies.
Three South Korean civilians have been killed in Iraq
in the past year, including an interpreter beheaded by
Islamic militants in June.
Extra troops have been deployed, recently assuming
military responsibility for northeast Iraq at a ceremony in
Arbil.
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