Controlled explosion carried out near new US embassy in London

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From The Guardian:

Police have carried out a controlled explosion after being alerted to two unattended vehicles near the new US embassy in Wandsworth, south-west London.

Police used a bomb disposal robot for the controlled explosion of a red van parked next to the unopened building on Ponton Road at 5.37pm on Wednesday.

Specialist officers were at the scene along with ambulance and fire service vehicles and cordons were in place.

The Metropolitan police said the vehicles were not suspicious and the roads would be reopened soon. Residents had been told to stay indoors and the car park of the nearby Waitrose supermarket was also closed.

 

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8 Replies to “Controlled explosion carried out near new US embassy in London”

  1. Police said the vehicles were not suspicious so they blew them up. I like that.

  3. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4580754/Female-nursery-worker-stabbed-three-women-London.html

    Nursery worker is left with broken ribs and needing stitches after she was punched and kicked to the ground and slashed with a Stanley knife by three girls shouting ‘Allah will get you’

    Victim, named as ‘Katie, worked at the Little Diamonds Nursery in Hermon Hill
    Karrien Stevens, who runs the nursery, said staff member was on way to work
    Victim was dragged to floor and stabbed as attackers chanted ‘Allah’, she said
    Schools in the area were on put ‘lockdown’ after the attack just after 9.30am
    A Metropolitan Police spokesman could not confirm if the force were investigating a hate crime or whether the attackers were known to the victim

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    • There wasn’t much if any explosive in the cars or we would be talking about that, this means you are right, they are extremely nervous and over reacting.