'Zombie apocalypse': US taxpayers pay for officials to attend conference at luxury spa.

The US government spent thousands of dollars sending officials to a conference at a luxury spa where they watched a simulation of commandos fighting off a "zombie apocalypse". Officials watched as actors drenched in fake blood lurched through a mock village only to be gunned down by other actors in special forces uniforms.

While the pyrotechnics were Hollywood-style - with huge explosions tearing through the village set - the acting was not.

The "zombies" wore safety goggles and ear plugs and delicately lay themselves down on the ground after being "shot". One made a half-hearted effort to eat a prosthetic hand.
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