From Stars and Stripes, September 27:
Several men arrested near RAF Fairford on suspected explosives offenses
Police in the United Kingdom evacuated homes Sunday morning in a village next to a military installation used by the U.S. Air Force after arresting several men for suspected explosive-related offenses.
Shortly after 8 a.m. on Sunday, the Gloucestershire police said “a number of properties are currently being evacuated in the Whelford area following the declaration of a major incident.”
Army bomb disposal experts were also on the scene examining a number of vehicles, the police said in a statement. Whelford, a village of several hundred people in western England, is adjacent to RAF Fairford, a base that U.S. bombers have used to carry out strikes on Iran.
Residents were evacuated to a nearby leisure center, and a cordon was in place, police said, adding, “we’d like to reassure people that we believe this incident is contained.”...
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