Trump says men arrested at US air base in UK were looking to do 'big damage'
Counterterrorism police are investigating possible links to Iran as bomb disposal teams examine three suspicious vehicles, officials said.
- On Sunday, armed police arrested five men near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after stopping three "suspicious vehicles" in the Whelford area around 12:45 a.m. on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences.
- A local resident called 999 after spotting a "large group of hooded and" men blocking the road, reporting RAF Fairford was already on lockdown due to a "terror threat." Police arrived around 15 minutes later.
- Authorities evacuated about 85 households near the facility and established a 400-metre cordon while bomb disposal teams searched the vans. Aerial footage showed a robot inspecting three white vans with large black barrels scattered nearby.
- President Donald Trump praised British authorities, stating the suspects were "looking to do big damage" and had been under investigation for some time. Trump called the arrests "fantastic" and "an amazing job."
- RAF Fairford houses the headquarters of the 501st Combat Support Wing and hosted US bombers during the US-Israeli war on Iran this year. RAF Lakenheath currently operates under "Charlie" alert, the second-highest threat level used by the U.S. Department of Defense.
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UK police 'investigate Iran link' to alleged bomb threat against base hosting U.S. Air Force
U.K. counter-terrorism police are understood to be investigating a potential link with Iran after an alleged bomb threat against an air base hosting U.S. forces
In the United Kingdom, five people were arrested yesterday in connection with a possible terrorist threat at the British Air Force base Fairford. The base is used by the Americans, among others, to send bombers to Iran. According to British media, possible Iranian involvement is being investigated. Three white vans were involved in the incident, which may have contained explosives.
Five men have been arrested near a British air base. Counter-terrorism authorities are also investigating an Iranian connection, and Donald Trump has also spoken out on the matter.
Five men were initially arrested on suspicion of violating the Explosive Weapons Act. Later, the suspected crimes were also added to the list of crimes: preparation of a terrorist act.
Five men were arrested near an American military base in the UK, after police received information about suspicious vehicles heading towards the facility. Donald Trump said that the suspects were looking to provoke "great payoffs" of the RAF Fairford base. Donald Trump says that the five men arrested near an American military base in the UK were preparing "great payoffs" VIDEO appears first on Romania TV.
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