UK police arrest British national linked to airbase incident

British police have arrested a 22-year old British national on suspicion of a terror offence linked to the security incident near a UK airbase hosting US warplanes on September 27.

Counter Terrorism Police say the individual is connected with “activity that took place close to RAF Fairford.”

In a statement, police said the arrest had been made “on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts”.

It is the seventh arrest connected to the incident, which remains largely unexplained, over the past two weeks. Six people arrested on suspicion of terrorism over an alleged plot against the base have all been released on bail.

On Monday, US President Trump said his administration withdrew B-1 bombers from the site because of what he described as “some threats”.

“We had a threat, and if we’re going to be threatened, we would just move them, and that sort of alleviates that,” he told reporters, adding the people who made the threat “would be linked to Iran,” without elaborating.