Farmer Who Foiled RAF 'Bomb' Says She Saw More than Five Suspects
A resident’s 999 call led armed officers to detain five men and evacuate 85 households while bomb disposal teams searched three vans.
- On Sunday, a member of the public's 999 call triggered a security operation near RAF Fairford, where armed police detained five men amid a suspected terror plot.
- The base has faced increased scrutiny since the government permitted the United States to launch strikes on Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Revolutionary Guards to issue warnings to Britain.
- Officers established a 400m cordon and evacuated 85 households while the Army's Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit examined three abandoned vans, following reports of "suspicious vans" in the village of Whelford.
- Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans confirmed five men remain in custody under the Terrorism Act, with investigators working closely with Gloucestershire Police to gather evidence and understand the circumstances.
- President Donald Trump hailed the arrests as "fantastic," claiming the suspects were "looking to do big damage," while the Department of Defence has reportedly placed all other United States bases on Delta alert.
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A local farmer claims that she gave the signal to start the large-scale police operation at the RAF air base. However, Defense Secretary Streeting says she has "an incomplete picture" of the incident.
A woman has thwarted plans to attack the U.S. military base RAF Fairford in England, announces the BBC, which has been talking to it. The police continue to interrogate the five men who were arrested near the base – which was used by the US Air Force to launch attacks on Iran. They are suspected of terrorist crimes and the use of explosives, after being arrested near the base. The police are trying to establish whether Tehran is behind an attemp…
The eyewitness wonders why he had to alert the authorities.
The farmer called the police emergency number after seeing masked men in the woods at the British air base. – Didn't have the whole picture, says the defense minister.
A farmer saw men masked in the field on her way home from a party. She called the police - and became a heroine.
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