In these video stills from a Japanese TV news report, law enforcement officers engage in hand-to-hand combat with a mock terrorist armed with a curry-rice banner -- the kind commonly placed on sidewalks in front of restaurants. The training exercise was designed to test the response to an invasion by foreign terrorists coming ashore at Tokyo Bay. It is unclear whether curry restaurants are considered a likely terror target, but the fact that the enemy obtained his deadly weapon in a part of town where restaurants are scarce shows a remarkable level of sophistication. We can all take comfort in knowing that law enforcement agencies recognize the potential threat and are training appropriately. Either that, or these images are fake.
[Link: Netamichelin via Korokoro Zaeega]
annie
Next: A news report about police training to tackle the threat that is terrorists armed with sandwich boards.
[]helical
I hope everyone realizes this is a shopped joke image...
[]Or am I just being redundant for pointing that out?
bhauth
I don't know, helical. These photos do look like pictures of a CRT television taken with a digital camera.
Ramen signs as weaponry are certainly more mob or drunk type weapons than terrorist type weapons, but it could be the budget's for anti-terrorism and the police prioritized more common troublemakers.
[]royalestel
Yup. These are fake. No interlacing artifacts on the banners while there are tons on the arms and other body parts.
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