Event Brief
Suspect in RAF terror plot called police before attempt
By The BriefBrief · Sources (3)
Filed: Sep 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM ET
UPDATED Sep 30, 2026 at 6:07 AM ET
Summary: A suspect in a suspected bomb attack on a Royal Air Force base called police on 999 almost an hour before a farmer reported seeing three vans with men in balaclavas. Police later searched London properties and vehicles, found a significant quantity of fuel, but no explosive devices.
WHO: A suspect in the suspected bomb attack; police
WHAT: A suspect called 999 before a suspected bomb attack on an RAF base was thwarted; police searched properties and vehicles and found no explosive devices.
WHEN: Sep 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE: RAF base (Fairford, Gloucestershire, UK)
WHY: Police were alerted before the attempt after the suspect called 999, prompting the thwarted operation and subsequent searches.
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