SAS team will be permanently deployed in London

[Zarvan]

The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. The SAS was founded in 1941 as a regiment and later reconstituted as a corps in 1950. The unit undertakes a number of roles including covert reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, direct action, hostage rescue and human intelligence gathering. The corps presently comprises 22 Special Air Service Regiment, the regular component, under the operational command of United Kingdom Special Forces, and 21 (Artists) Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve) and 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve), which are reserve units under the operational command of 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade.

A team of elite SAS officers will be stationed permanently in London ready to respond to terror attacks after this week’s atrocity, it is claimed.

The elite troops will be positioned in a secret location ready to shoot down terrorists if required, according to a report. It comes after four people were killed by jihadi Khalid Masood on Wednesday outside the Houses of Parliament, but the Ministry of Defence has not confirmed the move.

A report in the Daily Star Sunday claims the team will be on ‘immediate notice to move’ in the event of a terror attack.

A spokeswoman from the Ministry of Defence declined to comment, telling MailOnline: ‘We never comment on Special Forces activities.’

New ‘rings of steel’ have been put up around tourist sites around tourist spots in the capital, including the Houses of Parliament, the Mall, Green Park and Constitution Hill. The bright yellow barriers are wide enough for people to walk through but too narrow for cars to fit through.

A security review is underway aimed at protecting Parliament.

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