A 38-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a 'suspicious substance' found under a car led to dozens of families being evacuated from their homes.
A specialist army bomb squad carried out controlled explosions in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, after an object was discovered beneath a vehicle on Saturday afternoon.
Around 50 homes were cleared, and a 100-metre cordon was put in place on Cowley Hill.
Residents described being given just minutes to flee their homes, some still in pyjamas.
Robert Kovacs, 38, of Edgware, has since been charged with attempted murder, making an explosive substance with intent to endanger life / injure property and doing an act with intent to cause an explosion likely to endanger life / injure property.
