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UK counter-terror police make seventh arrest in RAF Fairford probe

A 22-year-old Londoner is held on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts as the investigation into the September incident near the US-used airbase continues.

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RAF Fairford Bomb Plot

5 stories · since Sep 27 · newest 1h ago — A foiled bombing plot targeting a U.S. Air Force base in the UK has triggered diplomatic friction between the U.S. and Britain over suspect detention, with…

  1. MI5 chief: Iran now targeting UK military bases, far-right radicalisation rising, AI threat growing
  2. UK counter-terror police make seventh arrest in RAF Fairford probeyou are here
  3. US pulls all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford over new Iran drone-attack threat
  4. US pulls all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford after new Iran-linked terror threat
  5. All six RAF Fairford terror-plot suspects released on bail amid Iran claims

What to know

  • Seven people have now been arrested in the RAF Fairford investigation but no one has been charged.
  • The US withdrew B-1 and B-52 bombers from the base after Trump cited unspecified 'threats', fuelling speculation of an Iran-linked plot that the BBC has not verified.
  • Six of the seven suspects, including a dual Iranian-British national, have been released on police bail, which officials call an 'investigative decision'.
  • Counter Terrorism Policing says the case remains live with multiple lines of enquiry still open.

“But why should we leave them there? So we moved them around a little bit. Not very far.”

Donald Trump, US President · BBC News ↗ · Oct 4

Vicki Evans Senior National Coordinator, Counter Terrorism PolicingDonald TrumpDonald Trump US PresidentJD VanceJD Vance US Vice PresidentCounter Terrorism Policing UK investigating authority

UK counter-terror police make seventh arrest in RAF Fairford probe
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    Police arrest seventh suspect in Westminster

    A 22-year-old British national was arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, the seventh arrest in the investigation; no one has been charged and police say multiple lines of enquiry continue.

    “remains a live investigation…”
    — Vicki Evans, Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing
    1. 12 outlets Two Latvians arrested inside RAF base

      first by The Telegraph, 5d ago · also France 24 EN, France 24, Globe and Mail, BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera +5

      12 more headlines

    2. 12 outlets first by Financial Times, 8d ago · also Straits Times, Reuters, Bloomberg Politics, Sky News, Al Jazeera, SCMP +5 · read ↗

    5 more claims →
    • Nickiquote@mstdn.social

      If you’re still counting, they have bailed seven men in relation to RAF Fairford and charged nobody with anything. https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c60qk0 p043kdo

      Nickiquote@mstdn.socialMastodon3d ago60▲view on Mastodon ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 18 posts in this stretch

    • New: UK police have arrested two Latvian men on suspicion of trespass offences at an airbase in Cambridgeshire They’ve also been arrested under the National Security Act for entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK It is being investigated by Counter

      @alexwickhamX5d ago19▲view on X ↗
    • hanse_mina@mastodon.social

      U.K. authorities arrested two Latvian men after they were discovered early Thursday inside the perimeter of an RAF base that houses U.S. and NATO intelligence operations, counterterrorism police said. https:// apnews.com/article/britain-raf -base-arrests-latvia-550f1ce15972eaface4150386957e32e # Ukraine # Russia # UK # EU # Latvia

      hanse_mina@mastodon.socialMastodon5d ago8▲view on Mastodon ↗
    all of them →
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    Trump cites 'some threats' for pulling bombers; Vance cites caution

    Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump said the aircraft were moved due to unspecified threats, while VP JD Vance said the move was made 'out of an abundance of caution'. US media reports, unverified by the BBC, suggested intelligence pointed to a planned Iranian drone attack; No 10 had earlier insisted the base was safe.

    “There were some threats. And rather than tempting the enemy, we'll capture the enemy and beat the enemy.”
    — Donald Trump
  3. background

    US quietly withdraws bombers from RAF Fairford — It emerged on Sunday that the US had pulled its B-1 and B-52 bombers, which had been flying missions to the Middle East including strikes against Iran, out of RAF Fairford and returned them to America.

  4. background

    Sixth suspect, a dual Iranian-British national, arrested — A 25-year-old dual Iranian-British national was arrested in Westminster in connection with the Fairford incident and was later released on bail.

  5. background

    Suspicious vehicles trigger major incident near RAF Fairford — Police declared a major incident and evacuated dozens of homes after being alerted to three 'suspicious vehicles' travelling toward the US-operated airbase in Gloucestershire. Five men aged 23-25 were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and later preparation of a terrorist act, then released on police bail.

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. 5 outlets British man, 22, arrested by counter-terror cops over suspected RAF Fairford ‘bomb plot’

    first by The Sun, 7d ago · also Guardian, Evening Standard, Jerusalem Post, Times of India

    4 more headlines
  2. 3 outlets Latest suspect in RAF Fairford airbase plot released on bail

    first by Al-Monitor, 5d ago · also Jerusalem Post, Straits Times

    1 more headline
  3. 2 outlets UK Ministry of Defense security patrols arrest 2 Latvians near RAF base, London police say

    first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 5d ago · also SCMP

    2 more headlines
  4. 2 outlets Seventh arrest in suspected Iran-linked terror plot near US air base in England

    first by Baltimore Sun, 7d ago · also Deutsche Welle EN

    2 more headlines
  5. 2 outlets Two Latvian men arrested for trespass offences at RAF airbase

    first by The Guardian, 5d ago · also Straits Times

    1 more headline

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