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Major anti-terror exercise underway across London

Emergency services, police and intelligence agencies will carry out the largest-ever rehearsal of a response to a terror attack across the city today. Exercise Strong Tower will involve more than 1,000 officers.

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Major anti-terror exercise underway across the city

Police, emergency services, intelligence agencies and transport staff and agencies are taking part in a training exercise to test London's robustness to the event of a terrorist firearms attack.

The exercise will involve up to 1,000 officers, police said. Credit: PA

Exercise Strong Tower has been planned since January, and will take place at different site across the city - including at Aldwych station close to the strand.

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