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British police, Scotland Yard has said that businesses in the city of London could face a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year. Mumbai is coming to London, said a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police's counter-terrorism command. The detective said companies should anticipate a shooting and hostage-taking raid involving a small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices, British media reported. Patrick Mercer, Chairman of the Commons counter-terrorism sub-committee, said the threat was very real. Officials now report an increase in intelligence chatter - communications captured by electronic eavesdropping agencies. One senior security adviser said the police warnings had intensified and become much more specific in the past fortnight.
