Mock bombs, gunman part of anti-terror drills at Japan bank and airport

Record ID: 896368

  • Title: Mock bombs, gunman part of anti-terror drills at Japan bank and airport
  • Date: 21st June 2017
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (JUNE 21, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF BANK OF JAPAN SIGN READING (Japanese):"BANK OF JAPAN NORTH GATE" ACTOR PRETENDING TO BE A TERRORIST ENTERING BANK OF JAPAN ACTOR SHOOTING A FAKE GUN DURING SECURITY DRILL POLICE MAN PRETENDING TO SHOOT BACK ACTOR PUTTING DOWN A BAG CONTAINING A FAKE BOMB AND PRETENDING TO SHOOT TOWARDS POLICE/ POLICE APPREHENDING THE ACTOR POLICE HOLDING DOWN ACTOR BAG ON THE GROUND BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT REMOVING BAG BAG BEING REMOVED VARIOUS OF BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT PUTTING BAG INTO CAR BANNER READING (Japanese/English): "ANTI-TERRORIST PARTNERSHIP" POLICE AROUND ENTRANCE TO THE BANK OF JAPAN
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2017 11:58
  • Keywords: Japan security drill Bank of Japan Narita International Airport
  • Location: TOKYO AND NARITA, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO AND NARITA, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016M7ZYH1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Japanese police held anti-terror security drills at Tokyo's international airport and the Bank of Japan on Wednesday (June 21) to enhance security ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
    The two drills came on the same day as the country beefs up its counter-terrorism measures ahead of the Games, local media said.
    About 40 people from the Bank of Japan and police took part in a drill where actors who pretended to be assailants sought to break in and place a bomb in the central bank. Police responded, apprehending the 'attackers' and called in the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) bomb disposal unit to remove a bag that was supposed to have contained a bomb.
    At Narita International Airport, about 180 people, including police and airport staffs as extras, were evacuated during a similar drill. This was the airport's first large-scale anti-terrorism drill this year.
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