Security for this weekend's London Marathon is being reviewed by organisers and police after bombings near the finish of Monday's Boston Marathon killed three people and injured scores.
"Our security plan is developed jointly with the Metropolitan Police and we were in contact with them as soon as we heard the news," London Marathon Chief Executive Officer Nick Bitel said last night. About 37,000 people are entered to run in the April 21 event. Seven members of Parliament are scheduled to take part, including Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.
A photo shoot for the lawmakers that was due to take place in London today was cancelled, race organisers said in a statement.
"We fully expect that Sunday's race, registration and associated events will go ahead as originally scheduled," organisers said in a later posting on the London Marathon's Facebook page.
London hosted the Summer Olympics last year, and police have dealt with terror attacks from religious extremists and Irish nationalists in the capital.
The U.K. used military units to police the games, including anti-air missiles based on some apartment buildings. In the two weeks before the Olympics, police arrested 14 people in two separate counter-terrorism probes as part of a 66-day operation to prevent a terrorist attack during the Olympics, which began July 27.
