Planned before the attack in southern France, the exercise took place in the Deodoro train station in northern Rio. RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian security forces conducted a simulated counterterrorism operation Saturday at a Rio de Janeiro train station ahead of the Summer Olympics, a day after security was beefed up following the truck attack in Nice. Special forces members then arrived in two helicopters. Deodoro is one of four main Olympic venues, along with Maracana, Copacabana and Barra da Tijuca, the headquarters of the Rio Games. France has been informed of a planned terror attack on its team at the Rio Olympics, according to military officers who testified before a parliamentary inquiry commission on the terror attacks of 2015.

Source: Bangkok Post July 16, 2016 22:41 UTC