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Children caught up in the Westminster attacks responded with an incredible act of defiance

Emily Apple by Emily Apple
22 March 2017
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Parliament was put on lockdown today after an attack in Westminster. Although details are sparse, one woman has died and others have been injured. But while details of the tragedy are still emerging, school children caught up in the incident responded with an incredible act of defiance. They started singing.

Lockdown

Many MPs were unable to leave the chamber:

Still locked in chamber HoC pic.twitter.com/nKOsh6j65M

— Barry Sheerman (@BarrySheerman) March 22, 2017

And hundreds of others were trapped in the building. Charity worker Jake Morrison was there. He tweeted his experiences:

We've been coming to Parliament for six years and it's always been great. Very sadly today we've just seen loads of people run past crying

— Jake Morrison (@EiJake) March 22, 2017

Among those unable to leave were school children visiting on a trip. Morrison tweeted:

School children are now singing in central lobby of parliament to cheer the mood up while we are all in lock down

— Jake Morrison (@EiJake) March 22, 2017

And activist Jack Monroe tweeted:

https://twitter.com/MxJackMonroe/status/844570473107214336

Full congratulations and respect must go to the teachers and other adults with them for trying to do something that both occupies, distracts and potentially calms children trapped in what must be a very scary situation.

The Canary will be following developments here.

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