Agnani: State Police NOCS exercise, intervention for the hijacking of a train
During the night of November 20, at the railway station of Anagni, an important meeting has been concluded ATLAS network training activities, international network consisting of 38 special intervention forces groups, organized by the Central Security Operations Unit – NOCS of the State Police.
The NOCS is the Central Security Operations Core “leatherheads” of the Central Directorate of Prevention Police.
In the exercise, the NOCS intervened on a high-speed train of the Italian State Railways which, departed on the afternoon of November 19th from the FS station of Milano Central, reported an emergency for a Terrorist threat on board.
The presence of passengers on the train was simulated by State Police officers in civilian clothes, who occupied the various carriages.
The anti-terrorism exercise was managed by the National Command and Control Operations Room of the State Railways of Rome, where the The heads of the Special Forces Operations Teams involved worked closely with officials from the Italian State Railways.
The exercise ended late at night in the Anagni station with the intervention of the men of the NOCS of the State Police, who arrived on site on board three helicopters of the Air Force.
After the scenario analysis and the definition of the tactics, the NOCS made stormed the moving train and neutralized the threat.
Operators from other special units of the ATLAS network also participated in the exercise.
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