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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anna Loren

Counter-terror police re-arrest two suspects in RAF Fairford probe

  • Two men from Westminster have been re-arrested on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service in connection with a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford.
  • Counter Terrorism Policing stated that it is highly likely there is Iranian state involvement in the plot.
  • The suspects, a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national, were re-arrested under the National Security Act.
  • A total of seven men have been arrested so far in connection with the complex ongoing counter-terrorism investigation.
  • Assistant commissioner Laurence Taylor confirmed specialist teams are working to determine the exact level and ambition of Iranian state involvement.

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