UK-Iranian dual national arrested in US airbase RAF Fairford incident, police say

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British police arrested a 27-year-old UK-Iranian dual national in Westminster on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. The arrest is connected to an alleged thwarted attack earlier in the week at RAF Fairford, a UK-owned air base operated by the United States.

British authorities on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man with dual United Kingdom and Iranian nationality in connection to the alleged thwarted terrorist attack earlier this week on a U.S.-operated air base owned by the U.K.  The man was arrested in the Borough of Westminster, London, “on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts” after British police looked…