Added security after peeing incident

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will install surveillance cameras around the National War Memorial in Ottawa after three youths urinated on the base of the monument late on the July 1 Canada Day holiday last year.

As well as the cameras, the government said on Wednesday there will be more guards at the memorial and the tomb of the unknown soldier, as well as crowd-control equipment at the site during Canada Day and other special events.

Veterans Minister Greg Thompson said the measures were designed to "help prevent the unfortunate incidents that occurred on July 1, 2006, from recurring."

A 23-year-old man from Montreal was charged with mischief but the case was later dropped after he apologized publicly. He said he was so drunk at the time that he did not realize where he had been urinating.

The incident -- in which one teen was photographed relieving himself -- sparked an outcry from the general public as well as from veterans.