28 stay in hotels amid suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
Police said the five suspects are being released on bail after an evacuation of 85 households and support for about 60 people.
- On Monday, five British nationals aged 23 to 25 were released on police bail after arrest near RAF Fairford on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses. They remain under investigation and face stringent conditions on movement and contact.
- Police were called early Sunday by a local farmer who spotted three white vans and a "large group of hooded and masked men" near Whelford. Gloucestershire Police established a 400-metre cordon and evacuated 85 households from the area.
- Counter Terrorism Policing Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said officers are exploring "multiple lines of inquiry," including potential foreign state proxy involvement. US President Donald Trump criticized the bail decision, stating he "would not have released them."
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed 85 evacuated households in Whelford will return home "shortly" after the Army's explosive ordnance disposal team cleared the scene as safe. Residents received hotel accommodation and support at rest centres during evacuation.
- The Iranian embassy "categorically rejects and strongly condemns" allegations of involvement, calling them "unfounded and malicious." RAF Fairford's recent use by US Air Force for defensive strikes on Iran had prompted warnings from the Revolutionary Guards about targeting the base.
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Five British people arrested on Sunday near the RAF Fairford airbase were released on bail after interrogation, but are still under investigation for suspected terrorism and explosives-related crimes. Donald Trump said he was surprised by the decision and said he wouldn't have released them.
Trump Reacts To UK Terror Suspects Released On Bail - Regional Media News
(Washington, DC) - President Trump isn't pleased that five people in the UK arrested on suspicion of terrorism were released on bail. They were arrested Sunday near a Royal Air Force base west of London used by the U.S. military to launch strikes on Iran. [...]
Labour's Fairford narrative collapses in farce as 'terrorists' promptly bailed
The government and media’s warmongering ‘terror’ narrative around the men arrested near the Fairford US war base has collapsed in farce and ridicule after the five men arrested were all released on bail. Which is definitely not something that happens for people arrested for actual terrorism – or even usually for the ‘terrorism’ of holding […] By Skwawkbox
<p>In Britain, five suspects of preparing an explosion near an American airbase are released, Trump is surprised Five Britons are suspected of preparing an explosion near RAF Fairford. Trump surprised by their release, and Iran's possible footprint check.</p>
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The Independent (US)Trump ‘surprised’ as UK releases RAF Fairford suspects on bail
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