Seventh arrest in investigation near RAF Fairford
A 22-year-old man was arrested in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts linked to an incident near the airbase on 27 September.
Britain’s Counter-Terrorism Policing network said a 22-year-old British man had been arrested in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. Police described him as the seventh person arrested in connection with an incident near RAF Fairford.
Six men in their 20s had previously been arrested and released on bail after three suspicious vans were stopped near the base in southwest England on 27 September.
The supplied report does not say what the vans contained or that the latest arrest has led to a charge. The stated suspicion is an allegation, not proof of wrongdoing.
France 24 reported that RAF Fairford is a British military airbase used by the United States to launch strikes on Iran. The arrest followed a statement by US President Donald Trump that all B-1 bombers had been withdrawn from the base because of threats he believed were linked to Tehran; the report provided no evidence for that alleged link.
