German police, armed forces holding joint anti-terrorist drills

 

German armed forces and police are holding on Tuesday joint anti-terror drills in the federal states of Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Bremen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein, local media reported.

 

German police

 

A total of 360 soldiers are taking part in the Getex drills, Der Spiegel magazine reported.

 

The servicemen and police officers are training response to a number of scenarios such as shooting and bombing threat at the Munich railway station, attach of amok man armed with an assault rifle on a school in Bremen, deadly explosion at the Dusseldorf airport and pursuit of a truck in Hamburg.

 

The aim of the drills is to improve communication and coordination between police and the armed forces.