Security at Wimbledon was increased Friday after British police defused a bomb in central London. “All around the ground the security has been intensified,” Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Roger Draper told BBC Radio. “We are a high-profile event, and the championships take security very seriously,” Draper said.

Security at Wimbledon was increased Friday after British police thwarted an apparent car bomb attack in central London. Police discovered a parked car in central London that was packed with gas containers and a large number of nails and a detonator. The attack would have caused “significant injury or loss of life,” police said.