A 43-year-old man was charged this week by United Kingdom authorities in connection to a bomb hoax at the U.S. Embassy in London. Daniel Parmenter appeared in Ealing Magistrates Court on Monday, where he was remanded into custody.

British police said on Friday that a suspicious package left outside the U.S. embassy in London, which was blown up in a controlled explosion, was a hoax device, according to its initial indications.

On Friday, November 22, a loud bang near the US Embassy in Nine Elms, London, was caused by a controlled explosion after the discovery of a suspicious package. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the blast was part of an operation to neutralize a potential threat.