A “controlled explosion” has been carried out by Metropolitan Police officers outside the US embassy in Nine Elms, London. It followed reports of a suspicious package outside the embassy. The police said in a statement: “We’re aware of speculation online about an incident in the vicinity of the US Embassy in Nine Elms.

Police officers in London carried out a "controlled explosion" after a suspicious package was found Friday morning outside the U.S. embassy.

A suspicious package found outside the U.S. Embassy in London Friday was destroyed in a controlled explosion as London police closed Ponton Road near the embassy.