The US embassy hosted a meeting for American citizens on 19 October to discuss the murders of two embassy guards and the security situation in Nepal. The Maoists reportedly claimed responsibility for the killing of the two guards, Ramesh Manandhar and Deepak Pokhrel, and US investigations linked the murder weapons to Maoist sources, according to US embassy officials. The latest US State Department warning on Nepal, updated 4 November, advises that "the random, indiscriminate, and unpredictable nature" of Maoist violence "increases the likelihood that Americans in Nepal could be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time". The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating the murders of Manandhar and Pokhrel with local authorities.