WASHINGTON — A full-scale regional counter-terrorism exercise set for Wednesday is designed to prepare for the possibility of a complex coordinated terror attack in the National Capital Region, and is driven in part by concern over similar terror attacks in Europe.
A complex, coordinated attack is one that involves multiple events. WMATA Police Chief Ron Pavlik explained that the perpetrators “launch an initial attack, wait a short period of time and attack another venue, and a short period of time later, they attack another venue.” -- More...