Residents near RAF Fairford left 'like sitting ducks'
"We've all been panicking for the best part of a day and a bit. Could we have been blown up?"The family say they are "angry" over an absence of communication from authorities in the days leading up to the incident, alongside the lack of reassurance afterwards. We would welcome regular updates that affect us."Wiltshire Police neighbourhood Insp Lawrence Copeland acknowledged the concerns the recent events had caused to a "small, tight-knit community".
- ▪"We've all been panicking for the best part of a day and a bit.
- ▪Could we have been blown up?"The family say they are "angry" over an absence of communication from authorities in the days leading up to the incident, alongside the lack of reassurance afterwards.
- ▪We would welcome regular updates that affect us."Wiltshire Police neighbourhood Insp Lawrence Copeland acknowledged the concerns the recent events had caused to a "small, tight-knit community".
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Residents near RAF Fairford left 'like sitting ducks'Image source, ReutersImage caption, Counter Terrorism Policing have been investigating the incident at RAF Fairford in the early hours of SundayByBea Swallow and Dawn Limbu, West of EnglandPublished32 minutes agoResidents living near RAF Fairford say they have been "left feeling like sitting ducks" at the centre of major counter-terrorism probe.Five men were arrested on suspicion of the preparation of a terrorist act after three vans were spotted near the Gloucestershire base, which the US military operates.As 85 homes were evacuated in the middle of the night, one couple said their child had been left traumatised after witnessing armed police point a gun at their father.
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