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Linköping drill simulates missile strike to handle mass fatalities

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  • A drill in Linköping simulated a missile strike at Malmen Airport to prepare for mass fatalities.
  • The exercise involved all actors handling deceased persons, focusing on logistics and ethical challenges.
  • Officials emphasized the importance of dignified burial practices regardless of the disaster situation.

According to sources, a drill was conducted on Friday under the leadership of the County Administrative Board and the Helicopter Wing. The drill took place in an assembly hall at the Disaster Medicine Center in Linköping. The scenario simulated Malmen Airport being hit by a missile, involving a large number of dead persons needing to be handled.

The drill involved all actors who work with handling deceased persons. The challenge of handling many deceased involves not only identification, transport, and storage but also values and ethics. " Magnus Fröhler, Garrison Pastor at the Helicopter Wing, added, "The Burial Act is clear.

We can state that there are very many who are involved.

Jenny Knuthammar, Defense Director of the County Administrative Board of Östergötland

" The specific date of the drill beyond Friday is not known, and it is unclear how many people or organizations participated. The drill concluded with participants addressing the complex tasks required in such a scenario.

The Burial Act is clear. How we bury and should be buried, we should also do regardless of position, regardless of situation.

Magnus Fröhler, Garrison Pastor at the Helicopter Wing
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