Hickey ‘happy’ with Sochi security
Russia has placed 37,000 personnel on ‘combat alert’ for the event which will play host to thousands of competitors including five representing Ireland. Fears of Islamist militant action lingers with claims of ‘Black Widow’ female suicide bombers being hunted down and one Chechen leader calling for direct attacks on the event.
The city of Volgograd, 400 miles from Sochi, suffered two suicide bombings last month but Hickey, president of the European Olympic Committee, is confident the hosts have the situation under control.
