The exercise, conducted jointly with the FBI, was “designed to improve special forces skills under realistic and unfamiliar conditions,” the US Army Special Forces Command said in a press release. But the group “entered the wrong room and detained a person who had nothing to do with the exercises”, added the command, offering “the most sincere apologies to the victim”. “We are investigating this incident with our partners and no details will be made public at this stage,” the spetsnaz leadership said.
The FBI, whose regional unit in Boston participated in the drill, said SWAT officers were “erroneously assigned to the wrong room where they apprehended a man who was not the one playing the role. bad guy in this simulation”. No one was injured, but Boston police were called to confirm it was indeed a drill, FBI police said.
Police responded to the call and went to the Revere hotel to investigate, according to a document seen by AFP. “Upon arrival, they were greeted by intelligence officers who were conducting drills in the building,” the document said. Neither the army nor the FBI specified who was arrested by mistake, but according to the local press, it was an airline pilot who spent the night in a hotel.
