RAF Fairford bomb plot foiled after suspect called police

Summarised from 6 outlets · 7 reports · Updated 29 Sept, 22:32 · Archive

One of five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 before police intervened in the alleged plot.

Police arrested five British nationals in their mid-20s near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire in the early hours of Sunday on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism. One of the suspects called 999 before the group was stopped, according to multiple reports. The Evening Standard reports that the suspect called police an hour before a farmer raised an alarm. Al Jazeera describes it as a potential Iranian 'bomb plot' against the RAF base, which is used by the US. The exact nature of the alleged plot and what follows remains unclear from the available reports.

How it is being reported

• REBECCA CAMBER: The growing pile of unanswered questions in this very curious 'RAF bomb plot' caseDaily Mail · 29 Sept, 23:21
• RAF Fairford suspect called police an hour before farmer raised alarmEvening Standard · 29 Sept, 22:17
• Police alerted to RAF Fairford after terror suspect 'called 999 himself'GB News · 29 Sept, 22:14
• What we know about RAF Fairford ‘bomb plot’Al Jazeera · 29 Sept, 21:55
• RAF Fairford plot was foiled after one of the suspects ‘dialled 999’Metro · 29 Sept, 21:26
• RAF Fairford 'bomb plot' was foiled when 'one of the suspects rang the police on himself'Daily Mail · 29 Sept, 21:09
• RAF Fairford 'terror bomb plot' was foiled after suspect 'called police themselves'Daily Express · 29 Sept, 20:17

In this story: RAF Fairford · Gloucestershire · Iran · United States

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