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Five men who were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences near RAF Fairford are being released on police bail, counter-terror police have said.
反恐警察表示,因涉嫌在皇家空军费尔福德附近犯下恐怖主义罪行而被捕的五名男子已获保释。
A major incident was declared and dozens of homes were evacuated after police were alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase in Gloucestershire in the early hours of Sunday morning.
周日凌晨,警方接到警报称格洛斯特郡空军基地附近有三辆“可疑车辆”,随后宣布发生重大事件,数十户家庭被疏散。
Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) said officers were exploring "multiple lines of inquiry", including whether proxies or individuals working on behalf of a foreign state were involved.
反恐警务部门(CTP)表示,官员们正在探索“多方面的调查”,包括是否涉及代表外国工作的代理人或个人。
The five men are all UK nationals in their 20s from London.
这五名男子都是来自伦敦的 20 多岁的英国公民。
They were initially detained on suspicion of committing offences under the Explosives Act and then further arrested on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act.
他们最初因涉嫌犯有《爆炸物法》规定的罪行而被拘留,然后因涉嫌准备恐怖行为而进一步被捕。
Counter-terror police said they remained under investigation and their release was "subject to stringent conditions on their movement and contact with others".
反恐警察表示,他们仍在接受调查,他们的释放“必须遵守严格的行动和与他人接触的条件”。
Three of the men live in Westminster, one in Camden and another in Willesden, police said, and they are aged between 23 and 25.
警方称,其中三名男子住在威斯敏斯特,一名住在卡姆登,另一名住在威尔斯登,他们的年龄在 23 至 25 岁之间。
A farmer who called 999 to report the three white vans in the village of Whelford, which lies directly east of the base, told the BBC it was "pure luck" that she spotted them.
一名农民拨打 999 报告位于基地正东的韦尔福德村有三辆白色货车,她告诉 BBC,她发现这些车纯属“运气好”。
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said she arrived home to find the driveway and road blocked and saw a "large group of hooded and masked men".
这位不愿透露姓名的女士说,她回到家时发现车道和道路被封锁,并看到“一大群戴着头巾和蒙面的男子”。
"When they saw me they ran ahead of me - some into the field and some towards the neighbouring village of Kempsford. I then realised that something highly unusual was taking place," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
“当他们看到我时,他们就跑在我前面——有的跑到田野里,有的跑到邻近的肯普斯福德村。 然后我意识到发生了一些非常不寻常的事情,”她告诉 BBC 广播四台的《今日》节目。
She said that she called the Ministry of Defence police at RAF Fairford but received no answer. She then rang 999 at 01:36 BST and said "within 10 minutes the village was full of armed police".
她说,她给皇家空军费尔福德的国防部警察打电话,但没有得到答复。 随后,她在英国夏令时 01 点 36 分拨打了 999,并表示“10 分钟内村子里就挤满了武装警察”。
"I believe that my 999 call foiled whatever plans they had," she added.
“我相信我的 999 电话挫败了他们的计划,”她补充道。
I saw masked men, farmer who called 999 says Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, head of Counter Terrorism Policing, said on Monday afternoon that the three "suspicious vehicles" had been "subject to extensive examination, with the support of military assets and forensic experts".
拨打999的农民说我看到蒙面男子 反恐警务负责人、助理专员劳伦斯·泰勒周一下午表示,这三辆“可疑车辆”已“在军事人员和法医专家的支持下接受了广泛检查”。
Officers were considering the incident "from every possible angle", including that "this may be activity committed by proxies, or individuals either knowingly or unknowingly, working on behalf of a foreign state", he added.
他补充说,官员们正在“从各个可能的角度”考虑这一事件,包括“这可能是代理人或个人有意或无意地代表外国进行的活动”。
Prime Minister Andy Burnham chaired a Cobra meeting on Monday afternoon and urged people "not to speculate while the authorities establish the full facts".
周一下午,总理安迪·伯纳姆(Andy Burnham)主持了眼镜蛇会议,并敦促人们“在当局确定全部事实之前不要进行猜测”。
The Iranian embassy in London said it "categorically rejects and strongly condemns" what it called "unfounded and malicious speculations" linking Iran to the incident, adding that these would "serve no purpose other than to fuel Iranophobia propaganda in the UK".
伊朗驻伦敦大使馆表示,“断然拒绝并强烈谴责”将伊朗与该事件联系起来的“毫无根据和恶意的猜测”,并补充说,这些“除了助长英国的伊朗恐惧症宣传之外,没有任何目的”。
The embassy said Iran "reserves the right to take appropriate legal measures, as necessary, to safeguard the rights and interests of the country and its people in response to misleading and damaging media narratives".
大使馆表示,伊朗“保留在必要时采取适当法律措施的权利,以维护国家及其人民的权益,以应对误导性和破坏性的媒体叙述”。
The RAF base has been used as a forward operating location by the US Air Force (USAF) for decades.
几十年来,英国皇家空军基地一直被美国空军 (USAF) 用作前沿作战地点。
In recent months, US bombers have taken off from the base for the Middle East, after the UK approved a US request to use it for defensive strikes on Iran.
近几个月来,在英国批准美国使用该基地对伊朗进行防御性打击后,美国轰炸机已从该基地起飞前往中东。
In July, Iran said "any base used for aggression against Iranian territory constitutes a legitimate target for our forces".
7月,伊朗表示“任何用于侵略伊朗领土的基地都构成我们军队的合法目标”。
Speaking at the Oval Office on Monday, US President Donald Trump said he wouldn't have let the five men arrested out on bail, and that he was "surprised" they had been released.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周一在椭圆形办公室发表讲话时表示,他不会让被捕的五名男子获得保释,并且他对他们被释放感到“惊讶”。
"We know everything about them, we would not have released them," he said, adding that the UK had worked with the US "very closely" on this.
他说:“我们知道有关他们的一切,我们不会释放他们。”他补充说,英国在这方面与美国“非常密切”地合作。
A large cordon remains in place near the base, while 85 households who were evacuated on Sunday have now been told by Gloucestershire Police that they can return home.
基地附近仍设有大型警戒线,格洛斯特郡警方现已告知周日撤离的 85 户家庭可以回家。
But police have said a cordon will remain around the three vehicles.
但警方表示,三辆车周围仍将设有警戒线。
Gloucestershire Constabulary's Temporary Chief Constable Maggie Blyth said the last 48 hours had thrown "our usually quiet and peaceful communities under the spotlight of the international media".
格洛斯特郡警察局临时警察局长玛吉·布莱斯 (Maggie Blyth) 表示,过去 48 小时让“我们一向安静祥和的社区成为国际媒体的焦点”。
Airspace restrictions have also been put in place above the base - nobody can fly within a five mile (8km) zone encircling it without permission.
基地上方也实施了空域限制——未经许可,任何人不得在围绕基地的五英里(8公里)区域内飞行。
Banned items include balloons, kites, parachutes and paragliders. Watch: Were the RAF Fairford arrests 'pure luck'?
违禁物品包括气球、风筝、降落伞和滑翔伞。 观看:英国皇家空军费尔福德被捕是“纯粹的运气”吗?
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