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'Robust' Operation Ensures Security For World Cup Qualifier At Wembley

An "enhanced security force including heavily-armed police officers and tank-like armoured vehicles ensured that England's World Cup qualifier against Lithuania passed without disruption," according to Sam Dean of the London TELEGRAPH. The "robust" security operation was put in place on the streets outside Wembley Stadium as London remained on "high alert" following last week's terror attack in Westminster. It meant that hundreds of officers were supplemented by the presence of armed policemen and a series of bomb-proof "Guardian" vehicles. A wreath was laid in memory of the four victims of the attack before the start of the match, while both sets of players wore black armbands in tribute to those who were killed and injured in Wednesday's "atrocity." It was the second time in less than two years that Wembley hosted an int'l match "in the wake of a terrorist attack in Europe." There was a "dramatically heightened police presence" at the national stadium in Nov. '15 as England took on France "just days after 130 people were killed in Paris" (TELEGRAPH, 3/26).

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