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| Westminster attack gate identified as security ‘weak spot’, defence secretary pledges review | Westminster attack gate identified as security ‘weak spot’, defence secretary pledges review |
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| MPs have said the Carriage Gate, scene of Wednesday’s deadly attack, was the weak spot in parliamentary security as Defence Secretary Michael Fallon insists a review will take place. | MPs have said the Carriage Gate, scene of Wednesday’s deadly attack, was the weak spot in parliamentary security as Defence Secretary Michael Fallon insists a review will take place. |
| The attack, which led to four deaths, including the attacker, and 40 injuries, took place first near, and then at and through, the Carriage Gate into New Palace Yard. | |
| The gate is usually guarded by only four officers and left ajar because it is in constant use. | The gate is usually guarded by only four officers and left ajar because it is in constant use. |
| “It’s a terrible, terrible day for Parliament, the one weak spot on our estate is those carriage gates,” Labour MP Mary Creagh said. | “It’s a terrible, terrible day for Parliament, the one weak spot on our estate is those carriage gates,” Labour MP Mary Creagh said. |
| “We have four police officers there, two on the gate going in, two on the gate going out, we see them every day, we are friends with lots of them.” | “We have four police officers there, two on the gate going in, two on the gate going out, we see them every day, we are friends with lots of them.” |
| One officer on the gate, Keith Palmer, died from stab wounds at the scene following the attack. | One officer on the gate, Keith Palmer, died from stab wounds at the scene following the attack. |
| “I think we will need to look at security at the Palace [of Westminster] in the wake of this incident, but that is a plan for another day,” Creagh said. | “I think we will need to look at security at the Palace [of Westminster] in the wake of this incident, but that is a plan for another day,” Creagh said. |
| “I think tonight we need to be remembering all those who have been caught up in today’s tragic events.” | “I think tonight we need to be remembering all those who have been caught up in today’s tragic events.” |
| Conservative Iain Duncan Smith told the Telegraph he it was a “little bit of a surprise” the officers on the gate were unarmed. | Conservative Iain Duncan Smith told the Telegraph he it was a “little bit of a surprise” the officers on the gate were unarmed. |
| Former civil service Chief Lord Kerslake called for “a complete overhaul of security from top to bottom.” | Former civil service Chief Lord Kerslake called for “a complete overhaul of security from top to bottom.” |
| On Thursday, Fallon told the BBC that a review would be carried out but that “Parliament cannot be hermetically sealed, people are coming and going all the time.” | On Thursday, Fallon told the BBC that a review would be carried out but that “Parliament cannot be hermetically sealed, people are coming and going all the time.” |
| “Obviously this is something that will be reviewed by the house authorities,” he said, adding that these kind of low-tech, lone wolf attacks were “difficult to forestall.” | “Obviously this is something that will be reviewed by the house authorities,” he said, adding that these kind of low-tech, lone wolf attacks were “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.” | “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.” |