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Counter terror police investigating if Iran is linked to RAF base bomb plot: Sky News
Counter-terrorism police are leading the inquiry after bomb disposal teams examined devices in three vans and about 85 families were evacuated, officials said.
- On Sunday, armed officers arrested five men near RAF Fairford in western England after police received a 999 call reporting three suspicious vehicles apparently heading toward the military airfield.
- The facility serves as a forward operating location for American bombers, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps previously threatened it after Britain authorized U.S. strikes against Iranian missile sites.
- Police established a 400-meter cordon and evacuated 85 nearby homes while a bomb disposal unit inspected the vehicles; counterterrorism detectives assumed control of the investigation.
- President Donald Trump called the arrests "fantastic" on Sunday, claiming the five men were "looking to do big damage" as investigators examined potential links to Tehran.
- Counter Terrorism Policing Senior National Coordinator Vicki Evans stated the investigation remains in early stages, with authorities yet to publicly link the five suspects to any foreign government.
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Iran link suspected in plot at UK base used by US bombers; Trump says they sought ‘big damage’
Five men remain in custody on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act after three vans were stopped near RAF Fairford; an Iran-linked motive is considered most likely, though Russian sabotage and an Islamist plot are also being examined
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Five masked men were arrested near the UK's Fairford Air Force Base on Sunday night, with their vans suspected of containing explosives, and authorities have launched a possible terror investigation.
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