What we know about UK airbase counter-terror probe
Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase.
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"We had them under view for a long time, and we got them."
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Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase.
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