• Serbian police perform during a joint anti-terrorist drill in the Zelezara Smederevo steel mill, in the city of Smederevo, 45 km east of Belgrade, Thursday. Serbian and Chinese security forces are holding joint anti-terrorist drills in the Balkan country in a sign of Beijing's increasing influence in the volatile region. | AP
    Serbian police perform during a joint anti-terrorist drill in the Zelezara Smederevo steel mill, in the city of Smederevo, 45 km east of Belgrade, Thursday. Serbian and Chinese security forces are holding joint anti-terrorist drills in the Balkan country in a sign of Beijing's increasing influence in the volatile region. | AP

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SMEDEREVO, SERBIA – Chinese special police took part in their first joint training drills in Europe on Thursday, joining Serbia’s elite anti-terrorist unit and local police in an exercise at a Chinese-owned steel mill outside Belgrade.

Machine-gun fire and stun-grenade blasts shook the plant in Smederevo, 60 km east of the Serbian capital, as police from the two countries used three helicopters and 20 armored vehicles in a staged raid to rescue hostages.

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