RAF Fairford bomb plot 'clearly involves' foreign actor, US secretary of state says
The group of five young British men were released on bail Monday and counterterror detectives said they were investigating “multiple lines of inquiry.”
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the arrest of five men on explosives and terror charges near RAF Fairford in southern England clearly involves a foreign actor, though he did not specify the country. Counter-terrorism police are investigating the incident, as well as its potential link to Iran, Russia or non-state militant groups.
The five suspects, all British nationals in their 20s, have been released on bail but remain under investigation with stringent conditions. Police have not found viable explosives and the farmer who initially reported suspicious vehicles has not been named. The arrests come amid heightened tensions over hostile state threats, with the UK government noting a 50% increase in national security cases linked to hostile states, including Iran, in the past six months.
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