RAF Fairford air base: Another arrest following suspicion of terrorism at a British military base

British police have arrested another man in connection with the suspected attack plan against the Fairford air base used by the USA. The 22-year-old Briton is suspected of a terrorist offense, the police said. The arrest took place in the London district of Westminster.

This is the seventh arrest in the case. Six other suspects have already been released on bail. She is still being investigated.

British police said they received a call at the end of September about three suspicious vehicles that were apparently heading towards the air force base. Investigators discovered accelerant in the vehicles, but no explosives.

The alleged attack plan was part of a complex Iranian plot to hit aircraft stationed at the base and kill US military personnel, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported, citing US and British military sources. Accordingly, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is said to have ordered a drone attack. The US Air Force has now moved its bombers stationed in Fairford back to the USA.