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| Massive anti-terrorism drill staged on Thames cruise ship | Massive anti-terrorism drill staged on Thames cruise ship |
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| More than 200 anti-terrorism officers and members of the coastguard, ambulance service and fire brigade have taken part in a staged hostage situation on a sightseeing cruise boat on the river Thames. | |
| For the drill on Sunday morning armed police stormed the moving City Cruises vessel in east London as officers imitated terrorists taking a number of tourists hostage. | |
| Footage of the operation showed two black speedboats moving up alongside the mini cruise ship before officers boarded. They then moved between the two decks of the boat in a simulated armed confrontation with the attackers. | |
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