Police in protective clothing respond to incident near Israeli embassy in London

‘Discarded items’ assessed as officers investigate video in which group claimed to have targeted embassy Police in protective clothing are responding to an incident near the Israeli embassy in central London as counter-terrorism officers investigate a video shared online overnight in which a group claimed to have targeted the embassy with drones carrying “dangerous substances”. The Metropolitan police said there was an increased police presence in Kensington Gardens as officers investigated a number of “discarded items”, and they urged people to avoid the area while they carried out their work. A video that appears to have been posted by an Iran-linked Islamist group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, showed a target over an image of the Israeli embassy, and people wearing hazmat suits flying drones, the PA news agency reported. Police said the embassy had not been attacked but detectives were carrying out inquiries to determine the authenticity of the video and to identify any potential link between it and the discarded items. Divers from the Metropolitan police underwater and confined space search team attended near the bandstand in Kensington Gardens. The Round Pond ornamental