London Police Explode Suspicious Car Outside Israel Embassy

The Jerusalem Post reports:

British police detonated a suspicious vehicle parked outside the entrance to the Israeli Embassy in London on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said.

According to initial investigations, police decided to blast open the car’s windows after the unidentified vehicle was found parked outside the mission without an identifiable driver.

According to the report, nothing suspicious was found inside the vehicle.

The Daily Mail has more:

Hundreds of commuters were evacuated from Kensington Palace Gardens and High Street Kensington this evening after a ‘suspicious vehicle’ was discovered outside the embassy.

There were reports of a loud explosion and people running as the incident unfolded.

Following the controlled explosion it turned out the ‘suspicious package’ was in fact personal belongings left in the back of the silver Volkswagen Passat.