Armed guards have been deployed on the river Thames to protect the UK’s Parliament building in the Palace of Westminster in london after a recent late night mock security exercise revealed the building’s weakness via the river, UK media reports have said.
A new river barrier has been recommended after officers posing as attackers used a boat to enter the Palace of Westminster, being able to target around 100 fictional MPs in one go. A stretch of perimeter fence only three-foot high was identified as another weak spot around the Parliament.