Trump says men arrested at US air base in UK were looking to do 'big damage'
Police said five men were held after a tip-off about three suspicious vehicles, and investigators are examining a possible plot to cause major damage.
- On Sunday, armed police arrested five men near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after stopping three "suspicious vehicles" in the Whelford area around 12:45 a.m. on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences.
- A local resident called 999 after spotting a "large group of hooded and" men blocking the road, reporting RAF Fairford was already on lockdown due to a "terror threat." Police arrived around 15 minutes later.
- Authorities evacuated about 85 households near the facility and established a 400-metre cordon while bomb disposal teams searched the vans. Aerial footage showed a robot inspecting three white vans with large black barrels scattered nearby.
- President Donald Trump praised British authorities, stating the suspects were "looking to do big damage" and had been under investigation for some time. Trump called the arrests "fantastic" and "an amazing job."
- RAF Fairford houses the headquarters of the 501st Combat Support Wing and hosted US bombers during the US-Israeli war on Iran this year. RAF Lakenheath currently operates under "Charlie" alert, the second-highest threat level used by the U.S. Department of Defense.
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After arrests near a military base in England, the British Prime Minister asks not to speculate on the background. US President Trump, however, is already going to the public and comments on the five men arrested.
Andy Burnham and Donald Trump commented on the arrests at RAF Fairford air base, where American bombers are stationed. The post “We were watching them,” Trump said of the suspects arrested at the RAF base appeared first on in.gr.
Five arrested near UK air base used in Iran strikes over suspected terrorism, explosives offences
Fairford, England: British police arrested five men on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offences on Sunday near RAF Fairford, an air base that has been used by the United States to launch strikes against Iran.Counterterrorism police said they received a report in the early hours of Sunday about three suspicious vehicles apparently travelling towards the military airfield in western England.The five men were arrested by armed officers and ar…
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