'Key locations' including Buckingham Palace to be guarded by armed troops

Armed troops will be deployed to guard "key locations" such as Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster and embassies, Scotland Yard said.
Police officers pass 10 Downing Street in London, after Scotland Yard announced armed troops will be deployed to guard "key locations" such as Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster and embassies.Police officers pass 10 Downing Street in London, after Scotland Yard announced armed troops will be deployed to guard "key locations" such as Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster and embassies.
Police officers pass 10 Downing Street in London, after Scotland Yard announced armed troops will be deployed to guard "key locations" such as Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster and embassies.

Soldiers will replace armed police at many sites under Operation Temperer, which is being enacted after security experts warned the Government that another terrorist attack could be imminent.

MORE: Manchester bomb: Children oprhaned after parents killed when they came to pick them upThe decision taken at a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee will mean soldiers will play a key role in protecting civilians and free up armed police officers to help fight the terror threat.

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MORE: UK terror threat raised to 'critical'Scotland Yard said the military will be working under Scotland Yard's command structure to provide "static armed guarding at key locations" which "will include Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, embassies and the Palace of Westminster. This will free up armed officers to carry out patrols".

Police outside Downing Street in London, after Scotland Yard announced armed troops will be deployed to guard "key locations".Police outside Downing Street in London, after Scotland Yard announced armed troops will be deployed to guard "key locations".
Police outside Downing Street in London, after Scotland Yard announced armed troops will be deployed to guard "key locations".

Commander Jane Connors, leading the London policing operation, said: "We will do all we can to protect the capital that we serve at this unsettling time. All our work is designed to make our city as hostile an environment as possible for terrorists to plan and operate."