Terror, nuclear disaster drills to hit Denmark

Parts of Denmark will look like a Hollywood action film on Wednesday as Copenhagen Police will hold a staged terror exercise and a nuclear catastrophe'  hitting the Kattegat off of Jutland’s east coast.

If you find yourself in Copenhagen on Wednesday and see large numbers of armed police officers  or hear gun shots, don’t worry. It’s all part of the drill.

           

             

                                         Copenhagen Police

Copenhagen Police have announced that officers will be engaged in a full-scale operation to train its tactical and operational response to terror. 

“The exercise will take place somewhere in Copenhagen where one might hear gun shots in some areas. But you shouldn’t be worried. It is just an exercise and only blanks will be fired,” police wrote on their Facebook page.

 'Nuclear catastrophe'  drill at sea

At the same time that police will be testing their terror response in the capital, a large operation will respond to a “planned catastrophe” in the Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden. 

According to a press release from the East Jutland Police, “a collision between an nuclear-powered ship and a large cargo vessel will be the sounding gun for a chain of events that will create problems for all of society”. 

More than 500 participants from 30 different public institutions will take part in the crisis training exercise, dubbed KRISØV, making it largest of its kind in Denmark. 

Only the Danish National Police (Rigspolitiet) and the Danish Emergency Management Agency (Beredskabsstyrelsen) know the full details of the planned drill which will takes place on Wednesday and Thursday. 

Previous exercises have focused on cyber attacks, the outbreak of bird flu and terror.

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