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Britain deploys additional 1,200 troops to secure Games
Updated On: 25 July, 2012 08:02 AM IST | | AFP
Britain will deploy an extra 1,200 troops to the London Games, Olympics minister Jeremy Hunt announced yesterday, following a shortfall in the numbers of guards provided by private contractor G4S
The extra troops, who were already standing by on 48 hours’ notice, bring the total military deployment at the 2012 Olympics to 18,200.
The decision was taken at a cabinet committee meeting chaired by Prime Minister David Cameron, with just three days left before the Games officially open.
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