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India vs Pakistan: Armed police employed in major Cricket World Cup security operation amid terrorism fears

Authorities ramping up plans to cope with influx of supporters to Manchester for match which saw half-a-million apply for tickets

 

ARMED police will be deployed as part of a huge security operation around the cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan. Authorities are putting in place detailed planning to ensure the clash of the two bitter rivals passes by without incident in Manchester next month.

Old Trafford will host the big match on June 16, which saw half-a-million people apply for the 25,000 tickets on sale.

Thousands more are expected to flock into the city on the day of the game, which will also be shown on a big screen in a fan zone. The Mail say that has led to authorities employing the biggest force Manchester has ever seen for a cricket match amid the potential for terrorists to target the match for an attack.

Rivalry between India and Pakistan is huge, and matches between the two nations always attracts massive global interest.

But with that comes potential for friction between supporters who attend the match, both in Old Trafford and also the surrounds of the ground - despite no intelligence suggesting it will boil over.

Manchester will also be screening cricket matches live in the Cathedral Gardens, which has a capacity around 3,000.

And the prospect of so many people congregated in areas of the city has got security officials concerned about the potential for the game to be targeted by terrorists.

Vehicle barriers will be erected to prevent repeats of the kind of attacks witnessed on Westminster Bridge in London and Nice.

And specialist officers carry guns will form part of the deterrent on the day as they bid to ensure the match passes without incident.

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Well Brits have only themselves to blame for this. 

They were in sleep mode when these peacefuls flocked into their country like no tomorrow in the last decade or so. And now these barbarians are slowly taking over English cities and towns one by one and driving the locals out. Birmingham is done and dusted and now cities like Bradford, Manchester, Leeds etc are going the same way. There are thousands of ISIS and Al Qaeda supporters in UK now. Just hope their security won't let a mishap in the WC. 

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1 hour ago, Norman said:

Well Brits have only themselves to blame for this. 

They were in sleep mode when these peacefuls flocked into their country like no tomorrow in the last decade or so. And now these barbarians are slowly taking over English cities and towns one by one and driving the locals out. Birmingham is done and dusted and now cities like Bradford, Manchester, Leeds etc are going the same way. There are thousands of ISIS and Al Qaeda supporters in UK now. Just hope their security won't let a mishap in the WC. 

Didn't know Tommy Robinson posted on here :cantstop:. Btw we let all our commonwealth "friends" in. It's just European immigrants we don't like (would be the other way round for me but there you go)

 

On another note, I hope "thousands more" (without tickets) do not "flock to the city". Will be bad enough trying to get there as it is without them exacerbating things.

 

 

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3 hours ago, mishra said:

Last time around many Indian fans were beaten by Pakistanis. 

i have seen videos in you tube of fist fighting, apparently, some Indian guy punched a Pakistani ( hard to believe that could be other way round) But i think pakistani guys are more blue-collar its an uneven fight ( fist fights)

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41 minutes ago, Vilander said:

i have seen videos in you tube of fist fighting, apparently, some Indian guy punched a Pakistani ( hard to believe that could be other way round) But i think pakistani guys are more blue-collar its an uneven fight ( fist fights)

That was in Liecester. I am talking about last world cup at old trafford 1999.

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