{"id":128898,"date":"2024-11-22T19:31:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128898"},"modified":"2024-11-22T19:31:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:31:46","slug":"uk-police-carry-out-controlled-explosion-after-bomb-threat-to-us-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128898","title":{"rendered":"UK police carry out controlled explosion after bomb threat to US embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"startBannerSticky\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>British police officers carried out a controlled explosion near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/us-embassy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the US embassy in London<\/a> following the discovery of a suspect package, authorities said on Friday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;We can confirm that the &#8216;loud bang&#8217; reported in the area a short time ago was a controlled explosion carried out by officers,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London&#8217;s<\/a> Metropolitan Police said on X.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We can confirm that the &#8216;loud bang&#8217; reported in the area a short time ago was a controlled explosion carried out by officers. Enquiries are still ongoing and cordons will remain in place for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metpoliceuk\/status\/1859898633354936696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\">  <\/section>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;Enquiries are still ongoing and cordons will remain in place for the time being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Earlier the US embassy had reported going into lockdown, due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security threat<\/a>, sources close to the matter told The Jerusalem Post.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>The police force had said that they were investigating a suspect package and had put up cordons in the area south of the River Thames, adding that they were aware of speculation online regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<figure class=\"article-image-in-body\"><figcaption class=\"article-image-caption article-image-credit\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\">C130 Hercules aircraft from RAF Brize Norton fly near the London Eye, on the day of Trooping the Colour parade to honour King Charles&#8217;s official birthday, in London, Britain, June 17, 2023 (credit: AS1 Jake Hobbs\/MOD Crown Copyright 2023\/Handout via REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The US embassy said on X that the police had closed a road near the building out of &#8220;an abundance of caution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\"> <\/section>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Local authorities are investigating a suspicious package outside the U.S. Embassy in London. Met Police are present and have closed Ponton Road out of an abundance of caution. We will provide further updates when available. Please monitor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@metpoliceuk<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Embassy London (@USAinUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAinUK\/status\/1859896758693941349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<section>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1730128020581377');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-830269\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; British police officers carried out a controlled explosion near the US embassy in London following the discovery of a suspect package, authorities said on Friday. &#8220;We can confirm that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128898\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}