Latest suspect in RAF Fairford airbase plot released on bail

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British police released on bail a 22-year-old man arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts in a suspected plot against RAF Fairford. The United States had said an Iran-linked threat prompted it to move bomber aircraft from the base, which it previously used to strike Iran.

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - British police said on Thursday a 22-year-old British man, the seventh person to be arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts as part of an investigation into a suspected plot targeting an airbase, has also been released on bail. The United States said on Monday that a threat linked to Iran had prompted the removal of American bomber planes from the British airbase, RAF Fairford. The US had used the base to strike Iran. British police have already released six other men arrested in connection with the plot on bail.