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For the first time in 10 years, the Prime Minister said the terror threat had been raised to the highest possible level, from severe to critical, meaning an attack is "expected imminently".
[...] Mrs May also announced that troops would replace police officers at set-piece events including sports venues and concerts.
It will be the first time since 2003 – when the Government reacted to a plot to bring down an airliner – that troops are deployed on the streets.
[...] It is the first time Britain has been on maximum terrorist alert since 2007, when a blazing car loaded with gas canisters was driven into Glasgow Airport.
Source: The Telegraph
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(Score: 2) by butthurt on Wednesday May 24 2017, @05:17PM (1 child)
> How could you possibly find them before they do it?
Perhaps some sort of search of people as they enter concerts, sporting matches and the like?
(Score: 4, Informative) by janrinok on Wednesday May 24 2017, @06:45PM
He didn't enter the concert, he was at the foyer (i.e. before the security checks) amongst the parents who were waiting for the their children to leave the concert. The bomb was detonated as people began to leave the concert and to meet up with those who were waiting for them. No matter what you do, there will always be a place where people will wait to meet those leaving the venue that is outside the security cordon.
The only way you can prevent such occurrences is by having random stops in the street and unwarranted searches. You being from the US should realise that this is not exactly what the Founding Fathers wanted to become the norm.