LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - The terrorism threat level for next year’s London Olympics remains unchanged despite being lowered nationally from severe to substantial, Sport and Olympics minister Hugh Robertson said on Tuesday.
“All our security planning is done on the assumption that the threat level will be severe, and that will not change,” he told reporters at a British Olympic Association (BOA) presentation.
“Clearly it’s good for us, I’m delighted that the threat level is less than that but we carry on…it’s an old military thing, you plan for the worst case scenario.”
Robertson, speaking at the new Westfield shopping centre under construction on the edge of the Olympic Park in east London, said that no particular threat targeted at the Games had been identified.
Interior Minister Theresa May said on Monday that the international terrorism threat level had been lowered to the third highest level.
The Olympics, starting in July next year, are likely to be Britain’s biggest peacetime security operation.
They also coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Munich Olympics, when 11 Israeli team members died after being held hostage by Palestinian gunmen.
The government has set aside 600 million pounds ($960,000,000) for policing the Games, although it hopes to come in under budget at around 500 million. ($1 = 0.624 British Pounds)
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