RAF Fairford suspect called police an hour before farmer raised alarm: Report
Police said one suspect called 999 before the arrests, and investigators later found petrol but no viable explosives in the vans.
- On Sunday, counter-terrorism police arrested five British nationals near RAF Fairford on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences, launching a major security operation at the Gloucestershire airbase.
- One suspect called 999 emergency services an hour before a local farmer alerted authorities on Sunday morning, prompting detectives to examine whether the call was a warning or part of the group's operation.
- Searches of the three vans yielded no improvised explosive devices, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor confirmed Tuesday, though investigators recovered a quantity of petrol and released the men on strict bail conditions.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the plot "clearly involves the hand of a foreign actor," while President Donald Trump suggested it "might be" linked to Iran; Iran's embassy denied involvement.
- Detectives are examining whether the suspects' actions meet the threshold of the National Security Act, which carries penalties of up to 14 years in prison for hostile state activities.
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The Times and the BBC reported on the phone call - The five people were arrested near the British base where American bombers operate - No explosives were found in the three vans, but a quantity of gasoline was found
An attempt to attack the UK's RAF Fairford base, which is used by the US Air Force and where American bombers took off to launch attacks on Iran, was thwarted after one of the suspects called the police himself, reported on Tuesday the British newspaper Daily Mail. It remains unclear why the suspect called emergency services, and investigators are trying to determine whether he wanted to give up the alleged plot or whether the call itself was pa…
Gasoline was found in the “suspicious vehicles.”
One of those arrested at Fairfield Air Base in England reportedly notified the police himself, long before a neighbor did.
The suspicion of terror around a US air base in the south-west of England is becoming more and more confused. According to media reports, one of the arrested men himself has called 911.
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