Elite Police Keep Watch for Lone-Wolf Terrorists at Hong Kong Airport

May 19, 2017

Fast-changing tactics by terrorists abroad have put Hong Kong’s elite airport police officers on the alert for lone-wolf attackers.

The airport security unit, which is staging regular drills to raise awareness of the threat, said crowded concourses remained prime targets, as seen in deadly attacks by suicide bombers in Istanbul and Brussels last year.

Terminals, aviation fuel facilities and hangars were particular security threats due to high concentrations of people and the sensitivity of the locations.

Read more: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2094823/elite-police-keep-watch-lone-wolf-terrorists-hong-kong

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