London authorities are planning a massive security exercise this week
for the upcoming Olympic Games, the Metropolitan police said.
The
exercise will test the response of emergency services and the British
government to a potential terror attack during the Olympic and
Paralympic Games, Xinhua reported.
The exercise would envision a
terrorist attack Aug 7 or 8 targeting London's metro system as well as
the city's transport network.
In one of the most haunting
memories since World War II, a total of 52 people were killed by suicide
bombers in four attacks on the London metro system July 7, 2005, a day
after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that London
would host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Aldwych station, a disused former metro station in central London, will be the focus of this week's exercise.
"We
want to deliver a Games where the sporting achievement and the Olympic
spirit is what people will remember -- not the security, " security
minister James Brokenshire was quoted as saying.
"We are
determined to leave nothing to chance to deliver a safe and secure Games
that London, Britain and the world can enjoy," he said.
