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UK police question five men held at airbase used by US to attack Iran
Counterterrorism detectives are examining three suspicious vans after a 999 call led to the arrest of five men, police said.
- UK Counter Terrorism Policing took the lead in interrogating five men arrested early Sunday near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and committing offences under the Explosives Act.
- Armed officers intercepted the suspects in the village of Whelford following a 12:45 a.m. local call reporting three suspicious white vans driving toward the military installation, which hosts US B-1 and B-52 bombers.
- Army explosive ordnance disposal units deployed bomb disposal robots to inspect the intercepted vehicles, prompting authorities to establish a 400-meter cordon and evacuate roughly 85 households to a local leisure center.
- Senior security sources noted that potential Iranian-linked retaliation is a primary line of inquiry—following Iranian Revolutionary Guard warnings targeting allied bases—though investigators are also assessing possible Russian sabotage or Islamist motives.
- US President Donald Trump stated that American and British authorities had the suspects under joint review, while the US Air Force confirmed personnel at the installation remain on heightened security alert.
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