London: Britain's elite Special Air Services commandos are running a series of counter-terrorism exercises to train police forces to foil 'Mumbai- style' attacks on English soil, weeks after security agencies sounded an Europe-wide alert of an impending al-Qaeda strike.
"The UK security chief ordered an acceleration in police training to prepare for any future Mumbai-style terror strikes in public places," BBC reported quoting top officials.
Police Armed Response Units are being given more powerful weapons to deal with multiple terrorists going on rampage with automatic weapons.
"This is the first time Metropolitan police have been asked to undertake specialised training," BBC said quoting a Whitehall official.
They said plans had been drawn for a SAS unit to be stationed in London throughout the 2012 Olympics. The SAS is considered the world's most lethal specialised forces specially in combating terror threats.