Cricket South Africa [ Images ] is not too concerned about the warning of terrorist attacks in London [ Images ] during the Olympic Games [ Images ] and is going ahead with its national team's tour of England [ Images ] next month, according to its chief executive.
Acting CSA chief executive Jacques Faul said the Board would not be deterred by a report from MI5, England's internal security service, that there was a "substantial" possibility of an attack on the UK during the Olympics [ Images ].
"We have not yet studied the reports (by MI5), but we will be doing so with our security experts," Faul was quoted as saying by The Times.
"This, however, is not a new thing. Such threats happen all the time when big events are hosted, so I doubt we should be too concerned, but we will definitely look into it," he said.
MI5 head Jonathan Evans, had said that a new generation of British-born terrorists had been lured abroad by al-Qaeda to be trained for terrorist attacks in the UK.
A leading South African anti-terrorism expert, Anneli Botha, of the Institute for Security Studies, told the daily that any possible attack did not have to be at a stadium or fan park to have an effect.
"Wherever you have people, they will be a target," Botha said, adding that this could be planned by anyone who wanted a to be heard and not just al-Qaeda.
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