# Was our rural village at the centre of a terror plot?

https://mins.news/en/video/83138

- BBC News, 2026-10-02 08:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhTS47X01F8

> Three vans were seen near RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday 27 September, prompting a police call, a major-incident declaration and the evacuation of Whelford. Five British men in their 20s were arrested.

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