MP tells of shock as London

Eyewitness: North member saw man ‘taken down’ by armed police at Westminster

A north MP has spoken of the “shocking” moment he witnessed the horrific terrorist attack unfolding inside the Houses of Parliament yesterday.

Drew Hendry was in New Palace Yard at Westminster when the attacker was fatally shot after stabbing

“I was in the palace yard when the suspect was being taken down”

a police death.

The MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey said he saw the assailant being “taken down” by police and the attempts to resuscitate the fallen officer.

Speaking to the Press and Journal from the locked-down chamber of the Commons yesterday officer to evening, Mr Hendry said: “We are all fine. Obviously our thoughts are with the other people who have been involved, the police and security staff who were doing their job.

“I was down in the palace yard when the suspect was being taken down and saw the efforts to resuscitate the police officer.

“It was a pretty shocking thing to see. I was told to stay where I was in the palace yard and eventually I was escorted to the chamber.”

Several MPs were walking to the Commons to vote at the time of the incident.

The route from many MPs’ offices goes via New Palace Yard, where the attack took place.

Mr Hendry said he was “always kept safe” as the incident unfolded, and praised the response he witnessed from the emergency services.

“The response of the emergency services in such grim circumstances was absolutely amazing,” he said.

Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil was also in the Commons yesterday afternoon when the horror un-

EMERGENCY: Police seal off the streets close to the Palace of Westminster in London, after a policeman was stabbed and his apparent attacker shot by officers

An armed police officer stands guard near Westminster Bridge yesterday