UK police said Sunday that five men arrested in the middle of the night near an air base used by the United States during its war against Iran are being held on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act.

Police guard a road leading to RAF Fairford, a US Airbase, after an incident in Fairford, England , Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) British counterterrorism police arrested a 22-year ...

(CNN) — British police on Sunday arrested five men on suspicion of terror and explosives offenses close to an airbase in England that is used by US long-range ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. British police announced on Sunday morning that five people were arrested "on suspicion of offenses under the explosives act" ...

A 27-year-old dual British-Iranian national was arrested in Westminster on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts over the RAF Fairford incident; Burnham cited “strong indications” of an Iran role. · ...

Police in the United Kingdom have arrested five ⁠men near an airbase used by the United States to strike Iran on suspicion of explosive and “terrorism” offences ...

The arrests came at a time of heightened tensions around the threat from hostile states, with British security services saying Russia and Iran have both used proxies to commit crimes on U.K. soil.

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police investigating a suspected plot involving an air base used by the US to target Iran ‌said on Thursday they had arrested a dual UK-Iranian ...