Anti-terrorism was conducted in London Olympic village
An anti-terrorism exercise was conducted in London Olympic village, police have confirmed.
Drill, accommodation is offered on campus for three days, Metropolitan Police, other emergency services and the Ministry of Defence (Defence Ministry) are included. According to reports, live ammunition as part of the exercise was removed and SAS was involved.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “As part of a robust testing and exercising programme to ensure that multi-agency security arrangements for the Olympic Games are fit for purpose, an exercise was held at the Olympic Village.
“It was one of a series of counter-terrorism exercises involving the MoD, MPS and other emergency services. It was not held in response to any specific threat, but it is the latest live play exercise to be held within an Olympic venue as part of our preparations for the Games.
“Due to the nature of the exercise we are not prepared to discuss this in further detail.”
