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The ''Unité Spéciale de la Police'' (USP; English: "Special Unit of the Police") is a special unit of the Grand Ducal Police that was created in Luxembourg in 1999.〔 It is tasked with responding to especially dangerous situations such as hostage rescue operations, arrests of dangerous individuals, bomb threats, and dignitary protection duties.〔 The unit trains abroad with comparable units, in particular the Belgian DSU and German SEK. ==History== The USP was formed in 1999 as a merger of the Police Intervention Group ((フランス語:Groupe d’intervention de la police)) counter-terrorist group and the Gendarmerie Mobile Brigade ((フランス語:Brigade mobile de la Gendarmerie)).〔 By 2007, USP had conducted roughly 1,650 missions with an average of 300 assignments annually. Two-thirds of these missions were police arrests or surveillance, and one third of these tasks was close protection or other escort duties.〔 Notable achievements of the formation include: * The rescue in 2000 of a large number of Wasserbillig school members that had been taken hostage by a man armed with a pistol, grenade, and knife. The hostage-taker was shot and wounded, and all 45 children and 3 teachers were rescued. *The rescue in 2002 of the kidnapped son of a Swedish businessman.〔 *The arrest and dismantling in 2003 of a cell of Al Qaeda in Luxembourg.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unité Spéciale de la Police」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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