(The Local) Staff were quizzed about how well they felt they would handle an attack on home soil, with a clear majority suggesting they lacked the appropriate skills.
The study focused on 'Preparedness for mass casualty attacks against public transport' and was carried out by Annalie Holgersson, a researcher at Umeå University in northern Sweden.
She analyzed research including a survey by Swedish number crunching agency Statistics Sweden which asked more than 850 police, ambulance and fire service workers how they felt they would respond in a fictitious attack on public transport in Sweden.
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