HMM: Face-to-face with ‘bomb plotters’: Villager tells of 999 call after stumbling on masked men.
“I just thought what the hell are they doing… I saw a group of Middle Eastern-looking young guys running off through the trees. Some of them had masks or balaclavas on, and they all scattered ahead of us as we drove back past.
“Some of them ran into the fields, and some of them turned to run towards the air base. We realised this was something pretty serious. We knew the air base had a credible threat of a terrorist attack before last night. So as soon as I saw them I was worried.
“I mean, you don’t see masked men running around at half one in the morning in the countryside near a secure air base and not have concerns.”
One of the white vans was labelled “FUEL 2YOU” in red lettering, with a phone number.
However, the number appeared to be one digit short and was not recognised when called by Telegraph reporters. The company name does not return any Google search results, and cannot be found on Companies House.
Whatever they were up to, they appear to have been well-organized, and caught only by happenstance.
More here: Arrests As Explosives Plot Uncovered Near Airbase Tied to U.S. Iran Operation.