A man in his late twenties has been arrested on Whitehall today and is being detained under the terrorism act. The BBC are reporting that the man was known to the police. Photos from the scene appear to show a knife on the ground. The police are saying that following this arrest there is no immediate known threat.
There doesn’t seem to be any particular concern inside the Palace of Westminster; everything here seems pretty calm right now. But, obviously, following the appalling murder of PC Palmer and four others just over a month ago there is a heightened sense of the risk of a low-tech terrorist attack.
It is important, though, that life continues as normally as possible. After all, one of the aims of terrorism is to disrupt our way of life.
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