British national arrested in connection with RAF Fairford incident
Counter-terrorism police said six other suspects remain on bail as investigators pursue multiple lines of inquiry into the suspected plot.
- British police arrested a 22-year-old man in Westminster, London, on Tuesday in connection with a suspected terror plot at the US-run RAF Fairford air base in Gloucestershire.
- Police declared a major incident last month after being alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase, prompting the evacuation of dozens of homes in the area.
- Six other men were arrested earlier, including a 25-year-old dual Iranian-British national detained on October 1; all six have been released on police bail during the investigation.
- Senior national coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, Vicki Evans, said the case "remains a live investigation" and police are continuing to "pursue multiple lines of enquiry."
- This arrest in central London marks the seventh action in the investigation concerning a suspected plot against RAF Fairford in western England.
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UK: Seventh arrest made after air base plot
Police in the UK arrested a man in connection with an alleged planned attack on a military air base used by the United States. The suspect, a 22-year-old British national, was arrested "on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts," police said. Police arrested the man in London, and he is the seventh person taken into custody in connection with the incident in which three vans were stopped near the RAF Fairford air base in England's southwest …
UK arrests another British national related to investigation of incident near RAF Fairford
A police cordon remains in place near the runway of RAF Fairford on Sept. 28, 2026, in Fairford, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) LONDON — A 22-year-old British national was arrested on Tuesday morning in central London as
The British police said on Tuesday that they arrested a 22-year-old Britishman in London under suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, as part of an investigation into an alleged plan in the vicinity of RAF Fairford, an air base used by the United States to attack Iran. The anti-terrorism police reported that the man was arrested in Westminster and that agents searched a property in the same region. He remains in detention. The prison is the late…
The United Kingdom police arrested a 22-year-old in connection with the security incident that occurred on September 27 near the air base of the Royal Air Force in Fairford, operated by the United States, which the authorities linked to Iran. The anti-terrorism police declared that the man, a British citizen, was stopped in the Westminster district, [...] The article Presumed attack based on Raf, arrested 22-year-old in downtown London: "Terrori…
The arrest cam a day after President Trump said the US had withrawn all B-1 bombs from RAF Fairford because of 'threats' he believed were linked to Tehran.
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