Seventh arrest made over incident near UK airbase
A 22-year-old man was arrested in London on Tuesday on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, linked to last month's incident at a British military base. A day earlier, Donald Trump said the US had pulled all B-1 bombers from the site.
British police arrested a seventh man on Tuesday in connection with a major incident at a military airbase that the United States uses to launch strikes on Iran. The arrest was announced by Britain's Counter-Terrorism Policing network.
The suspect is a 22-year-old British man, detained in London on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.
Earlier arrests
Six men in their 20s had already been arrested and released on bail. The incident took place on 27 September, when three suspicious vans were stopped near the base in southwest England.
Trump's statement
The arrest came a day after US President Donald Trump said the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford. Trump cited "threats" that he believed were connected to Tehran.
The source does not give further details about what the vans were intended for or what investigators found in them. A link between those arrested and Iran is also not confirmed in the source; it was raised only by the US president.
