Tuesday 9 August 2011

London 2012 Olympics violence raises

The spread of unrest that began on Saturday night in North London Tottenham after police shootings, and closer to the Olympic pool Monday when sporadic violence erupted in the area of Hackney, east London."You can imagine the extent of police would be if this were to happen during the Olympics," said Tony Travers, an expert in local government at the London School of Economics. "So I think that this will create unease in the City Hall and the Ministry of Interior."It's not so much that this could happen again, it is unlikely, as it reminds people in charge that while the Olympic Games is continuing, any other major event will be complicated."Groups of young people, many wearing hoods and masks attacked the shops and windows in Hackney. And pelted riot police with pieces of wood and other things.He said the government had arrested more than 200 people and more than twenty charged over the three days of trouble. Police said the police officers and wounded at least 35 people.Sports and also felt the effect, with the football they are called off because the police there is a need to focus their resources on violence. West Ham said the police she had to postpone the match the League Cup on Tuesday against Aldershot, because "all the major public events in London had to be re-arrangement", while the South London and Charlton said he called the Cup match against Reading off for "security reasons" On the advice of the police.Hackney is one of the five neighborhoods include the Olympic Park, a 1 square miles (2.5 km ²) site, which will be the focus of games, which begin on July 27, 2012. I took the violence on Monday as he fell about 4 miles (6.5 km) from the garden.Park includes the Olympic Stadium, which will host the opening and closing ceremonies, competition track and field, as well as track and water sports center, an arena for basketball, handball and the main square of the press and broadcast center.And other Olympic venues are located in different locations around the capital, including Hyde Park (triathlon), Horse Guards Display (beach volleyball), and Wembley Stadium (football), Wimbledon (tennis). There was no violence in those areas.Of civil society leaders and organizers of the Olympic Games, the violence was a reminder of the unwelcome volatility in London, less than two weeks after the city celebrated the countdown to one year to play with the sensation.The International Olympic Committee said it was confidence in the British authorities. "Security at the Olympic Games is a top priority for the IOC.And refused to LOCOG, and the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games to London, to comment on the trouble, in what appeared to be an attempt to avoid making any link between violence and games.Set two police cars and a double-decker bus on Saturday, fire, looted shops and the Garden, reduced many of the buildings along the street five major Tottenham miles (eight kilometers) from the Olympic Games smoldering shells.The unrest broke out by the police shooting, but some of the blame for unemployment, sensitive police looting and opportunism of the worst acts of violence in the city has seen in years.Insisted the police, politicians and disorder in the work of a criminal minority, and not a sign of social tensions or security lapses ahead of the Olympics in 2012.Britain was preparing for a huge security operation for the Olympic Games, but most of the attention was on the threat of international terrorism.Police officers will be about 12,000 on duty every day of the games that have a security budget of at least £ 475000000 (770 million).Given to suicide bombers attacked London a day after the games in 2005, and the transport network in London, killing 52 people.

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