Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters with protective gear conduct a rescue drill at a subway station in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Nov. 20, 2014, simulating a terror attack. Around 300 police officers and firefighters participated in the drill prior to the 20th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000, on March 20 next year.

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