UK police arrest British national linked to airbase incident

22-year old British national arrested on suspicion of terrorism.

Armed police maintain road blocks and security checks around RAF Fairford on September 28, 2026 in Fairford, England [Leon Neal/Getty Images]

British police have arrested a 22-year old British national on suspicion of a terror offence linked to the security incident near a UK airbase hosting US warplanes on September 27.

Counter Terrorism Police say the individual is connected with “activity that took place close to RAF Fairford.”

In a statement, police said the arrest had been made “on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts”.

It is the seventh arrest connected to the incident, which remains largely unexplained, over the past two weeks. Six people arrested on suspicion of terrorism over an alleged plot against the base have all been released on bail.

US President Donald Trump returns a salute upon disembarking from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on October 5, 2026 [KENT NISHIMURA/AFP]

On Monday, US President Trump said his administration withdrew B-1 bombers from the site because of what he described as “some threats”.

“We had a threat, and if we’re going to be threatened, we would just move them, and that sort of alleviates that,” he told reporters, adding the people who made the threat “would be linked to Iran,” without elaborating.

一名22岁的英国公民因涉嫌恐怖主义被捕。

2026年9月28日，在英国费尔福德，武装警察在费尔福德皇家空军基地周围设置路障并进行安全检查。[Leon Neal/Getty Images]

英国警方逮捕了一名 22 岁的英国公民，他涉嫌与 9 月 27 日发生在英国一处驻有美国战机的空军基地附近的安全事件有关的恐怖主义罪行。

反恐警察表示，该人员与“发生在费尔福德皇家空军基地附近的活动”有关。

警方在一份声明中表示，此次逮捕是“因涉嫌准备实施恐怖主义行为”而进行的。

这是过去两周内与这起事件相关的第七次逮捕行动，该事件至今仍未得到充分解释。此前，六名因涉嫌策划袭击该基地而被捕的恐怖主义嫌疑人均已获保释。

2026年10月5日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在马里兰州安德鲁斯联合基地走下空军一号时回礼。[肯特·西村/法新社]

周一，美国总统特朗普表示，他的政府已将 B-1 轰炸机从该基地撤出，因为他所说的“一些威胁”。

“我们受到了威胁，如果真的受到威胁，我们就把他们转移走，这样就能缓解威胁，”他告诉记者，并补充说发出威胁的人“与伊朗有关”，但没有详细说明。