Those arrested in the case of preparing a terrorist attack on an airbase in the United Kingdom were residents of London

Those arrested in the case of preparing a terrorist attack on an airbase in the United Kingdom were residents of London

Five men who were arrested a day earlier by British police on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack at the Fairford air base in England, where American strategic bombers are stationed, were citizens of the United Kingdom and lived permanently in London, Sky News reported, citing local law enforcement authorities. According to the channel, the plot to carry out an explosion at the Fairford Air Base "became the subject of a major counter-terrorism investigation" by the British police.