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Police stage mock Tunisia-style 'marauding gun attack' on streets of London in biggest ever counter-terrorism exercise in the UK - Two-day 'live play' exercise at Aldwych near Covent Garden includes 999 services and intelligence agencies
- Armed police, the military, SAS and spies stage extraordinary show of force to test reaction to a terror attack
- Actors posing as members of the public seen with fake severed limbs and emerging from a hostage situation
- Exercise, which recreates a terrorist incident at a tube station, comes amid fears of a 'lone wolf' attack in the UK
- It follows similar 'marauding' gun attacks in Mumbai, Sydney, Paris and the Tunisia shooting on Friday
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Near the start of a training exercise for London's emergency services, armed police officers stand near the disused Aldwych underground train station in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Hundreds of British police are taking part in a major counter-terror exercise in London, testing the abilities of emergency services to respond to a Tunisia-style attack of extremists with firearms. The exercise dubbed Operation Strong Tower has been planned for six months and is not connected to the recent attack at a north African beach resort. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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During a training exercise for London's emergency services, armed police officers walk towards the disused Aldwych underground train station in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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During a training exercise for London's emergency services, a casualty is helped by an armed police officer, outside the disused Aldwych underground train station in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Police take part in exercise Strong Tower, a counter-terror exercise held in and around the disused London Underground station at Aldwych in central London on June 30, 2015 (AFP Photo/Ben Stansall)
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During a training exercise for London's emergency services, an armed police officer walks with a casualty away from the disused Aldwych underground train station in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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During a training exercise for London's emergency services, casualties leave the disused Aldwych underground train station in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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During a training exercise for London's emergency services, an armed police officer carries a casualty away from the disused Aldwych underground train station in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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During a training exercise for London's emergency services, casualties are checked by police officers outside the disused Aldwych underground train station in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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During a training exercise for London's emergency services, a woman playing the role of a casualty is checked on by a police officer outside the disused Aldwych underground train station in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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London Metropolitan Police and emergency services take part in Exercise Strong Tower, removing casualties from the scene of a mock terror attack at a disused underground station in central London, Britain June 30, 2015. London police held their biggest-ever terrorism drill on Tuesday, pitting the emergency services against a group of marauding attackers, nearly 10 years since four young British Islamists killed 52 people in suicide bombings on London's transport network in July 2005. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls