FBI and US Army Special Operations Command agents conducting an exercise in downtown Boston broke into a hotel room and arrested its occupant before realizing a mistake had been made.
The FBI said its field office in Boston helped the military conduct exercises around 10 p.m. Tuesday “to simulate the situation in real conditions.” “Based on unreliable information, they entered the wrong room and arrested its occupant,” the FBI said.
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“First of all, we would like to express our deepest apologies to the person affected by the exercise,” USASOC Lt. Col. Mike Burns told CNN.
According to the Boston Police Department, the incident took place at the Revere Hotel Boston Common.
Local news outlets reported that the man in the hotel room arrested by federal law enforcement was a Delta Air Lines employee, specifically a pilot.
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