LONDON- British police fired a Taser stun gun at a man who reached for a knife outside parliament on Friday, police said. 'At 11:10hrs on Friday, 16 June, officers on routine duties near to the Carriage Gates entrance to the Palace of Westminster became aware of a man acting suspiciously,' police said in a statement. 'The man reached for a knife, and police discharged a Taser,' police said.