UK police say five arrested at airbase are British nationals
Counterterrorism police are investigating whether the five British nationals, all in their 20s, were linked to a plot against the U.S.-operated base.
- Counter Terrorism Police arrested five UK nationals near RAF Fairford on Sunday on suspicion of explosives offenses and preparing a terrorist act, following reports of suspicious vehicles.
- The arrest comes amid heightened tensions as the U.S. uses the base for operations against Iran, which has said it considers any facility used to attack its territory a "legitimate target."
- A villager in Whelford dialled 999 after spotting three vans and masked men near the base, prompting evacuation of 85 homes as bomb-disposal experts examined the vehicles.
- President Donald Trump said the suspects had been "under view" for some time, and the five men remain in custody where they can be held for up to 14 days without being charged.
- Investigators are working to establish the "circumstances of the activity of those arrested, their knowledge and any motivation behind this incident," while U.S. Air Force personnel based at the site "remain vigilant.
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The United Kingdom anti-terrorist police reported on Monday, September 28, that the five men arrested for an alleged plot to attack the Fairford airbase with explosives are British. Among the lines of investigation is a possible link with Tehran, although the Islamic Republic categorically refutes any relation to the fact. This is what we know about the frustrated attack on the military facility used by the United States Air Force for operations…
London, Sep 28 (EFE).- The Iranian government denied this Monday any connection to the incident that occurred yesterday near a military base in Fairford, Gloucestershire, currently under investigation by the British Anti-Terrorist Police, according to a statement issued by the British embassy in London. In addition, the British police reported [...] The entry Iran denies connection to a terrorist plan against an English base, the detainees are B…
All five persons detained in the vicinity of the British Ferford Air Base were British nationals, aged between 23 and 25, all of whom lived in London, handed over TASS, suspected of violating the Explosives Act and the Terrorism Act, investigated by the Counter-Terrorism Unit of the London Police, detained, and no other details about their identities and possible motives. U.S. President Donald Trump stated that the United States was investigatin…
5 arrested for suspected military base attack plot
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UK holds 5 British terror suspects after arrests near US air base as Iran denies involvement - American Press
Police were holding five men on Monday and examining suspected explosives found near a U.S.-operated air force base in England, as counterterror detectives investigated whether the arrests foiled an attempted […]
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