Fifty members of the police Rapid Intervention Unit are currently undergoing SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) training, Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia said in reply to a parliamentary question by opposition MP Jason Azzopardi.

He said more such training would be given to other RIU members according to the exigencies of the service.

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