SINGAPORE - I put on protective headgear and sat in a dilapidated room in a high-rise building, ready for a signal. A whistle blew, and a “gunman” pulled me up and threatened to “shoot” me as four Emergency Response Team (ERT) officers stormed the place. I put my hands up as they engaged the “terrorist”, adrenaline coursing through me despite...
ST journalist Nadine Chua experiencing being a hostage as a 'gunman' points a gun at her during a simulated scenario on March 6, 2023. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
I put my hands up as they engaged the “terrorist”, adrenaline coursing through me despite knowing none of it was real.“Subject down” was the last thing I heard before running to safety. Mohamed Faizal Mohamed Ariff, 42, was charged on Jan 10 with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place. The ERT was formed in June 2016 following the terror attacks in Jakarta that year and in Paris in November 2015.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an extremist group, claimed responsibility for both attacks.
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