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| London attack: police confirm seven people arrested – live | London attack: police confirm seven people arrested – live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 9.01am GMT | |
| 09:01 | |
| The Guardian’s Scotland editor Severin Carrell reports that Holyrood will hold a minute’s silence this morning. | |
| @ScotParl to hold one minute's silence at 09.33 today in solidarity with dead at #Westminster pic.twitter.com/s605RcJkgL | |
| 9.00am GMT | |
| 09:00 | |
| Here is the full interview from defence secretary Michael Fallon this morning. | |
| Fallon says the belief is that the man was motivated by international terrorism | |
| Their working assumption this is linked to Islamic terrorism but they don’t yet know and the investigation - and it is a very large investigation - has been underway since it happened. | |
| Fallon said attacks are not part of normal life but London was clearly a target police were preparing for | |
| The current warning is at severe - that an attack - and that has been the case for sometime, is likely but not imminent. There is no specific information about other attacks and let me emphasise today although there is intense security around palace of Westminster, London is going to work this morning, I passed school children going to school, there are school trips going ahead, parliament itself will resume at the normal time at half past nine. | |
| Fallon said it was not the case that police could not prevent “low tech” attacks but admitted it was more difficult. | |
| The police and agencies that we rely on for our security have forestalled a large number of these attacks in recent years over a dozen last year. | |
| Now of course this kind of attack, this lone wolf attack, things from daily life - a vehicle, a knife are much more difficult to forestall - and we are dealing with a terrorist enemy that is not making demands or holding people hostage but just to kill as many people as possible. | |
| This is a new element to international terrorism but our forces are working extremely hard to identify those that are involved to this and I have every confidence they will be able to track down the associates of this particular man. | |
| Fallon said police had to work on the assumption others may have helped prepare the attack. | |
| The police have to proceed on the presumption that he may well have been assisted in this task - there may have been others involved - they have been working right through the night looking into his background, how he got hold of vehicle and who or where the vehicle has been in the last day or two and he may or may not have been helped. | |
| He also insists it is not the case that the security of parliament was breached, and that is down to the bravery of PC Keith Palmer at carriage gate. | |
| In paying tribute to PC Keith Palmer, they did not get into parliament, they only got as far as the gate, they did not breach the security of the House of Commons - he gave his life to protect our democracy. | |
| Parliament cannot be hermetically sealed, people are coming and going all the time, there was a division in place in the House of Commons at that time - people arriving at the gates by car or foot to vote on that. | |
| But obviously this is something that will be reviewed by the House authorities. | |
| Fallon also said the cabinet had reviewed at the Cobr meeting whether the Metropolitan police had all the resources they need, including military back-up to deal with situations like that. | |
| There have been increases in the budgets of security services - we will continue to keep that under review. I want to reassure you that the police and security sources will have resources they need. | |
| 8.48am GMT | |
| 08:48 | |
| A minute’s silence will take place in parliament, just after the start of business this morning. | |
| Minute silence in Parliament after usual prayers in the Commons pic.twitter.com/dxjwBCD8Am | |
| I’m joined by my colleague Andrew Sparrow in Westminster now, he’ll be taking charge of events today in Westminster while I monitor developments in the investigations. You can get in touch with either of us via Twitter, @jessicaelgot and @AndrewSparrow. | |
| Updated | |
| at 8.53am GMT | |
| 8.33am GMT | |
| 08:33 | |
| Victim named as Aysha Frade, teacher and mother of two | |
| Sam Jones | |
| A teacher and mother of two was among those who died in Wednesday’s terror attack in London, it has emerged. | |
| Aysha Frade, 43, who worked as a teacher in London, had family in the Spanish town of Betanzos, Galicia, northwest Spain. | |
| The mayor of Betanzos, Ramón García Vázquez, confirmed Frade’s death, saying he had been informed very early on Thursday morning. | |
| “The rumours that started going round last night are sadly true,” he told the Guardian. “I didn’t know her but she has two sisters who run an English school here and other relatives in the area. It’s a tragedy.” | |
| Updated | |
| at 8.43am GMT | |
| 8.29am GMT | 8.29am GMT |
| 08:29 | 08:29 |
| Sir Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, told the Today programme: | Sir Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, told the Today programme: |
| The police are investigating this man, his associates where he came from, checking urgently whether other people were involved in this, their working assumption is it’s linked to Islamic terrorism. | The police are investigating this man, his associates where he came from, checking urgently whether other people were involved in this, their working assumption is it’s linked to Islamic terrorism. |
| But they don’t yet know, the investigation - and it is a very large investigation - has been underway ever since the incident started. | But they don’t yet know, the investigation - and it is a very large investigation - has been underway ever since the incident started. |
| 8.26am GMT | 8.26am GMT |
| 08:26 | 08:26 |
| Fallon: 'London is taking this on the chin' | Fallon: 'London is taking this on the chin' |
| Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, has been speaking to Radio 4 Today. He said police were “working assumption is that this is linked to islamic terrorism.” Police had been working through the night, he said. | Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, has been speaking to Radio 4 Today. He said police were “working assumption is that this is linked to islamic terrorism.” Police had been working through the night, he said. |
| Fallon says he will not rule out that the attack was directed from overseas, but says all options are being looked up. | Fallon says he will not rule out that the attack was directed from overseas, but says all options are being looked up. |
| They [police] don’t yet have a full enough picture of the man and his known associates who may or may not have helped him prepare the attack. | They [police] don’t yet have a full enough picture of the man and his known associates who may or may not have helped him prepare the attack. |
| Fallon says he has pased many people going to work as normal in London this morning, including pupils on school trips, and says parliament will sit as normal at 9.30. | Fallon says he has pased many people going to work as normal in London this morning, including pupils on school trips, and says parliament will sit as normal at 9.30. |
| London has seen this before and is taking it on the chin. | London has seen this before and is taking it on the chin. |
| 8.17am GMT | 8.17am GMT |
| 08:17 | 08:17 |
| Hoyle says he does not want to get into any changes in security, but says he will be chairing the review when it happens. | Hoyle says he does not want to get into any changes in security, but says he will be chairing the review when it happens. |
| “We have a duty of care to everyone, including to staff and to you [journalists],” he said. | “We have a duty of care to everyone, including to staff and to you [journalists],” he said. |
| 8.15am GMT | 8.15am GMT |
| 08:15 | 08:15 |
| Deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle, who announced the attack to MPs in the chamber yesterday afternoon, has been speaking to Sky News this morning. | Deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle, who announced the attack to MPs in the chamber yesterday afternoon, has been speaking to Sky News this morning. |
| We had the information an attack was taking place outside, so we asked ‘how serious?’ ‘Really serious.’ So we suspended the sitting immediately, and we were partway through a division [a vote] so there were a lot of MPs in the chamber, which was good news. | We had the information an attack was taking place outside, so we asked ‘how serious?’ ‘Really serious.’ So we suspended the sitting immediately, and we were partway through a division [a vote] so there were a lot of MPs in the chamber, which was good news. |
| Of course, then we went into complete lockdown and no one can go in or out, which is the best thing to happen. | Of course, then we went into complete lockdown and no one can go in or out, which is the best thing to happen. |
| Hoyle said he was devastated by the death of PC Keith Palmer. | Hoyle said he was devastated by the death of PC Keith Palmer. |
| We lost one of our own, one of the village policemen. This is our village, to lose a person we all know, is not acceptable. Our thoughts are with his family and the other victims of this hideous crime. | We lost one of our own, one of the village policemen. This is our village, to lose a person we all know, is not acceptable. Our thoughts are with his family and the other victims of this hideous crime. |
| People are doing their duty, he has lost his life serving us and it’s a tragedy that should never have happened. We have got to not give into terrorism. We will pay tribute to what has gone and that tragedy that took place yesterday, but we will not give in to terrorism, and it will never, ever win. | People are doing their duty, he has lost his life serving us and it’s a tragedy that should never have happened. We have got to not give into terrorism. We will pay tribute to what has gone and that tragedy that took place yesterday, but we will not give in to terrorism, and it will never, ever win. |
| Hoyle said MPs greet the police officers everyday and get to know them well. | Hoyle said MPs greet the police officers everyday and get to know them well. |
| They look after us, they put the safety of the house first, they gave their lives to defend democracy. | They look after us, they put the safety of the house first, they gave their lives to defend democracy. |
| It will be business as usual, but not quite as usual. Innocent victims, tourists, people going about their business, mown down by a car. These despots will never win. We will stand together and stand firm. | It will be business as usual, but not quite as usual. Innocent victims, tourists, people going about their business, mown down by a car. These despots will never win. We will stand together and stand firm. |
| Hoyle says he feels safe every day in parliament. “We have the best police force in the world ... we have great people who look after us and our head of security is second to none and proved it yesterday,” he said. “We lost someone but no one got into parliament.” | Hoyle says he feels safe every day in parliament. “We have the best police force in the world ... we have great people who look after us and our head of security is second to none and proved it yesterday,” he said. “We lost someone but no one got into parliament.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.24am GMT | at 8.24am GMT |
| 8.00am GMT | 8.00am GMT |
| 08:00 | 08:00 |
| Anushka Asthana | Anushka Asthana |
| MPs are returning to work now in parliament. | MPs are returning to work now in parliament. |
| Jess Phillips, chair of the women’s PLP, said that the group of Labour’s female politicians had met a day before with the deputy speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, and the head of security in parliament to talk about safety. | Jess Phillips, chair of the women’s PLP, said that the group of Labour’s female politicians had met a day before with the deputy speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, and the head of security in parliament to talk about safety. |
| “The feeling in the room was very much that we felt safe on the estate. We had more concerns about random attacks in our constituency. During the attack the very next day the security was tested and the feeling of all the MPs inside and outside the building was that still we felt safe,” she said. | “The feeling in the room was very much that we felt safe on the estate. We had more concerns about random attacks in our constituency. During the attack the very next day the security was tested and the feeling of all the MPs inside and outside the building was that still we felt safe,” she said. |
| Phillips described the “calm, professional but forceful way the doorkeepers security staff and police handled the situation” to keep staff, MPs and visiting schools and guests safe. | Phillips described the “calm, professional but forceful way the doorkeepers security staff and police handled the situation” to keep staff, MPs and visiting schools and guests safe. |
| “Today we will attend statement to honour Keith Palmer, but to honour him and the sacrifice he made for us we will keep going to our constituency meetings and parliament debates.” | “Today we will attend statement to honour Keith Palmer, but to honour him and the sacrifice he made for us we will keep going to our constituency meetings and parliament debates.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.24am GMT | at 8.24am GMT |
| 7.59am GMT | 7.59am GMT |
| 07:59 | 07:59 |
| Jessica Elgot | Jessica Elgot |
| Good morning from London. Here’s what we know from the most recent statement from Scotland Yard’s acting deputy commissioner Mark Rowley. | Good morning from London. Here’s what we know from the most recent statement from Scotland Yard’s acting deputy commissioner Mark Rowley. |
| Rowley revised down the death toll – four people killed in the attack in Westminster yesterday, including the killer and parliament police officer Keith Palmer. | Rowley revised down the death toll – four people killed in the attack in Westminster yesterday, including the killer and parliament police officer Keith Palmer. |
| Two other victims, who Rowley said were a mix of nationalities, were killed on Westminster bridge, a man and a woman. | Two other victims, who Rowley said were a mix of nationalities, were killed on Westminster bridge, a man and a woman. |
| This morning, there are 29 people being treated in hospital, seven in a critical condition, which is also revised down from yesterday, when police said 40 were injured. | This morning, there are 29 people being treated in hospital, seven in a critical condition, which is also revised down from yesterday, when police said 40 were injured. |
| Police have searched six addresses in Birmingham, London and other parts of the country, and made seven arrests. | Police have searched six addresses in Birmingham, London and other parts of the country, and made seven arrests. |
| They believe this attacker “acted alone and inspired by international terrorism”. | They believe this attacker “acted alone and inspired by international terrorism”. |
| Rowley said he had no specific information about any further risk to the public, but repeated that more officers were on the streets - armed and unarmed - and that many had leave cancelled or were working extended hours. | Rowley said he had no specific information about any further risk to the public, but repeated that more officers were on the streets - armed and unarmed - and that many had leave cancelled or were working extended hours. |
| The area is a “large and complex crime scene” that officers are still working on. | The area is a “large and complex crime scene” that officers are still working on. |
| Rowley said he would not identify the attacker or other victims at this stage - because the victims were a mix of nationalities. | Rowley said he would not identify the attacker or other victims at this stage - because the victims were a mix of nationalities. |
| He said he realised journalists would be investigating too, but asked them not to name the attacker. | He said he realised journalists would be investigating too, but asked them not to name the attacker. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.26am GMT | at 8.26am GMT |
| 7.56am GMT | 7.56am GMT |
| 07:56 | 07:56 |
| Claire Phipps | Claire Phipps |
| I’m handing over the blog now to my colleague Jessica Elgot, who’ll continue to bring you latest news on the attack, as MPs return to Westminster. | I’m handing over the blog now to my colleague Jessica Elgot, who’ll continue to bring you latest news on the attack, as MPs return to Westminster. |