Sixth arrest after suspected attempted attack on US military base in Great Britain

Authorities have arrested another suspect following the alleged attempted attack on a US military base in Great Britain. According to British counter-terrorism police, the suspect is a 25-year-old man with British and Iranian citizenship. He was arrested in the Westminster district of central London. It is the sixth arrest in the investigation into the incident.

British police were called to the Royal Air Force base in Fairford on Sunday night, which is also used by the US Army for the war against Iran. Police discovered three white vans at the base and temporarily arrested five suspects. However, according to British media, the suspicious material carried by the men did not turn out to be a functional explosive. According to media reports, one of those arrested is said to have called the emergency number himself.

Evidence of Iranian involvement

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Wednesday that there were "strong indications that Iran played a role in the events." Iran rejected this and criticized Great Britain for providing military bases and facilities on British territory “for the planning and implementation of the US and Israeli military aggression against Iran.”

According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel warned Great Britain weeks ago that Iran was planning an attack on an air base. Israel had given the British intelligence information that there would be an attack and that Iran was behind it, Netanyahu told the US broadcaster Fox News on Wednesday evening.