UK: Police release five London-based men after arrests near airbase used by US

Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]

“British police said on Monday ‌they had released on bail five ​men who were ​arrested on suspicion of terrorism and explosives ​offences near ⁠a British airbase ⁠used ‌by the U.S., although they remain under investigation. Officers arrested the men in the early hours of Sunday after a tipoff that three large white vans were heading to the military airfield in west England. … The British government had given authorization to the U.S. ⁠to use bombers based at Fairford to strike Iranian missile sites that were attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards had warned Britain in July not to ​allow U.S. bombers to fly from ⁠Fairford, saying any base used to launch attacks would be a legitimate target. … Iran ​has repeatedly denied involvement in attacks or plots in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.” (09/28/26)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-raf-fairford-incident-9.7360562