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href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1152986"><span>meets</span></a><span> on Thursday to discuss the </span><a href="https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/ctc/content/secretary-general%E2%80%99s-isil-reports"><span>threat the ISIL/Da’esh terrorist group poses</span></a><span>, a specialised UN agency has been helping nations on the ground to prepare for chemical terrorism attacks.</span></p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-un-base-theme-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block block-un-base-theme-content"> <div class="block-content block__content"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-full clearfix"> <header> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-block-content-fields-block-body" id="block-views-block-content-fields-block-body"> <div class="block-content block__content"> <div> <div class="view view-content-fields view-id-content_fields view-display-id-block_body js-view-dom-id-03a37f0bda173e7f441738d2df70a6a08ceeed564e82fc60a510b18df398c720"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-story"><div class="field-content"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--one-column-text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="_none"><div class="w-100"> <div class="layout row layout-builder__layout"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-block-paragraph-one-column-text-field-text-column"> <div class="block-content block__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text-column field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>On a seemingly typical day in Semarang, Indonesia, a few train passengers have started to feel nauseous. Others nearby are saying they cannot breathe. Five have fainted. One is not responding. A few minutes in, a miniature car wheezes by them, followed by a group of people dressed in full astronaut-like orange suits. They’re looking for bombs.</p><p>This is what a fictional chemical terrorist attack simulation exercise looks like.</p><p>“The threat of chemical terrorism is real,” said Niki Esse de Lang, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, <a href="https://www.unodc.org">UNODC</a>’s regional counter-terrorism coordinator for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. “To counter it, we need a solid, integrated response by all relevant actors.”</p> <div class="align-right context-un_news_large_credit type-twitter media media--type-twitter media--view-mode-un-news-large-credit"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-twitter field--type-string field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Tweet URL</div> <div class="field__item"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet element-hidden" lang="en"> <div class="context-preview type-twitter media media--type-twitter media--view-mode-preview"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-twitter field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"><iframe src="https://news.un.org/en/media/oembed?url=https%3A//twitter.com/unodc_indonesia/status/1818526068065943935%3Fs%3D46%26t%3DSvIh05Xazht4EwxRH--3-w&max_width=305&max_height=550&hash=mLcYscPIex2YNUuvt5kZgE1CGI_bZ6PCPdlOQ2xFQ-E" width="305" height="550" class="media-oembed-content" loading="lazy"></iframe> </div> </div> <a href="https://twitter.com/unodc_indonesia/statuses/1818526068065943935"></a> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> <h2><strong>A very real threat</strong></h2><p>Indonesia is testing its capacity to respond to such threats through simulations, which bring together representatives from government agencies and the private sector.</p><p>So far, two have taken place in Semarang over the past months, jointly organised by UNODC and the National Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT) of Indonesia, with the support of Indonesia’s National Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob-Polri).</p><p>Since 2011, at least eight chemical terrorism incidents have taken place in Indonesia, and terrorist groups operating internationally, including ISIL, have used chemical weapons in Iraq and in Syria. In 1995, the toxic chemical compound sarin was used in the Tokyo subway in Japan by members of the Aum Shinrikyo movement, killing 15 people immediately and injuring over a thousand more.</p><p>The same chemicals used in legitimate industries, such as mining, agriculture or pharmaceuticals, can also be used by terrorists. Chlorine, for example, commonly used in water treatment facilities, can also produce a chemical weapon.</p><p>This complex threat requires strong cooperation between governments and the private sector on the national, regional and international level.</p><h2><strong>Preparing against chemical terrorism</strong></h2><p>Outside the train in Semarang, more people in protective equipment have arrived during the training session. The scene is busy. Some are establishing a control area, others are setting up decontamination stations and another group is providing medical aid.</p><p>A few are opening tactical laptops and equipment to measure the air and potentially contaminated surfaces, while a team is drawing perimeters on the floor in red, yellow and green, depending on the contamination levels detected.</p><p>A miniature car with a sensor and a camera is circulating everywhere, taking samples and helping experts outside the perimeter determine toxicity levels. Nearby, a team dressed in yellow suits is being sprayed by colleagues before breaking out carefully from the thick protective clothing.</p><h2><strong>‘One entity alone cannot do this’</strong></h2><p>These responders belong to different units and agencies: the police, military, counter-terrorism, bomb disposal, forensics, medical, fire department and public infrastructure security.</p><blockquote><p>All stakeholders, not only the security forces, must prepare themselves to anticipate such acts of terrorism.</p></blockquote><p>“This training is necessary because of the threat of this type of terrorism,” said Edi Suranta Sinulingga, Commander of the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear unit within the Indonesia National Police. “Increasingly, there have been cases in Indonesia, so all stakeholders, not only the security forces, must prepare themselves to anticipate such acts of terrorism.”</p><p>Each ministry, institution or agency has different procedures or ways to respond.</p><p>“A highly coordinated response to such a complex attack needs strong inter-agency collaboration,” said Niels den Hollander, terrorism prevention expert at UNODC.</p><p>“One entity alone cannot do this.”</p><div class="context-un_news_full_width_credit_caption type-entermedia_image media media--type-entermedia-image media--view-mode-un-news-full-width-credit-caption"> <div class="field field--name-thumbnail field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/08-08-2024-chemical-terrorism-01.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" alt="Indonesian teams take part in training exercises to prepare for potential chemical terrorism attacks." title="Indonesian teams take part in training exercises to prepare for potential chemical terrorism attacks." loading="lazy" width="1170" height="530"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-authors field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">UNODC</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Indonesian teams take part in training exercises to prepare for potential chemical terrorism attacks.</div> </div> <h2><strong>Planes, trains and hotel rooms</strong></h2><p>Another recent simulation occurred in a hotel room, and one last summer took place on a plane. The former involved more complex elements, such as fictional perpetrators in gas masks carrying guns, suspicious hazardous material, hostages in an airport and explosions that produced real smoke on the exercise grounds.</p><p>“As medical personnel, this training is of immense value,” a medical responder from Kariadi Hospital in Semarang said. “We need to adhere to strict safety protocols before we enter contaminated zones to help the victims. If we don’t, we can then become victims ourselves.”</p><p>More specialised sessions are planned to take place which will focus on crime scene management for first responders to ensure that they know how to record and collect evidence from the scene correctly so that it can be admitted in criminal proceedings.</p><p>“By bringing these agencies together for exercises, we facilitate a process by which experts feel comfortable making mistakes, learning from them, identifying gaps and developing programmes to remediate them,” said Dimas Andianto, a programme officer at UNODC. “After all, it’s a lot easier to deal with and learn from a mistake in an exercise than it is in real life.”</p><p>Learn more about UNODC’s work in Southeast Asia and the Pacific <a href="https://www.unodc.org/roseap/">here</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views 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