新加坡‧聖淘沙“恐襲30死傷”‧演習超逼真 Ex Northstar VII tests agency response during simultaneous terror attacks

（新加坡）恐怖份子襲擊聖淘沙，開機關鎗掃射海灘咖啡座，造成10死20傷的嚴重傷亡？

今日（週一，7月6日）早上，恐怖份子兵分4路襲擊新加坡，聖淘沙的一家咖啡座、市區兩家五星級酒店和烏節路的邵氏樓，遭喪心病狂的恐怖份子亂鎗掃射，死傷人數難以估計。

位於聖淘沙西樂索海灘的Cafe Del Mar咖啡座首當其衝，3名神秘男子騎著腳車悄然掩至，二話不說就對公眾開火，目前估計有10人遭射死，20人重傷。

媒體傾巢而出報導，刑事偵查局、法醫和警方特遣部隊，也在現場忙碌搜證、調查。

軍警各單位全面動員，集中火力圍剿恐怖份子，確保民眾安全。

但別緊張，這一切只是“北斗星7號”防恐演習所模擬的情況！

SINGAPORE: Could Singapore cope if terrorists launched a series of coordinated assaults on the island?

That's the question posed in this year's Exercise Northstar, an annual event to test the emergency response capabilities of the different agencies.

This year's exercise, dubbed Northstar VII, simulated the attacks on India's Mumbai city last November, with terrorists launching simultaneous assaults on key public areas.

There are two phases in Exercise Northstar VII. Phase one started on Monday and will continue on Tuesday with scenarios involving public transport and shopping malls.

Phase 2, which takes place next week, will simulate a hostage situation at a hotel.

Fifteen public and private sector organisations are taking part in the exercise this year, including the Defence Ministry, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Maritime and Port Authority, and public transport providers.

On Monday, the simulated scenario started on Sentosa island, with police receiving reports of "gunfire" at a popular bar there. They arrived at the Cafe del Mar within minutes but by then it was a scene of ruins.

10 people were "dead" and 20 more "injured". It was later established that the "attackers" had come in by the sea on small boats, and they were not alone. Other "gunmen" had quickly made their way to hotels in the busy Orchard Road shopping belt, leaving behind a trail of carnage.

For the first time the media was involved as participants, to test how the police would manage and coordinate the dissemination of information in a crisis situation.

Singapore Police Force's assistant director of operations planning, Devrajan Bala, said: "Drawing lessons from Mumbai, we realised that information management is critical as it can compromise our operations if not managed well.

"We also want the media to understand our constraints as we run into an incident like this. We may not be able to give you updates in a very timely manner. Essentially, we're still running the operations so it's critical that you understand operations as they run on the ground."

模擬去年11月孟買恐襲

由警方主導的“北斗星7號”防恐演習，目的是模擬去年11月的孟買恐怖襲擊，動員各方資源，在最緊急的情況下協調合作，應付恐怖襲擊所帶來的挑戰，體現新加坡的防恐決心和應戰準備。

這場演習在週一早上7時開始，歷時超過2小時。

演習動員了15個政府部門和私人機構，包括內政部、國防部、衛生部、外交部、警察部隊、運輸公司和報業控股等。

恐演習分成3天進行

有別於往年，這一回的防恐演習分成3天進行，全島將有10處遭襲擊。

第一階段的演習在今明2天舉行，總共9個地點會有“死傷”，第二階段演習將在7月15日舉行。