Shinkansen operator holds drill involving knife attacker

Central Japan Railway Co. on Wednesday conducted its first drill involving a knife-wielding attacker on a bullet train following a deadly rampage on a shinkansen train in June.Based on the scenario that a knife-wielding man is in a train car, members of the train crew with shields approached the perpetrator from both the front of the car and rear and security officials subdued him with a two-pronged weapon commonly used by Japanese police.The drill was carried out at a stockyard in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture.JR Central began installing shields and sprays this month on bullet train cars op…READ FULL ARTICLE