Two more arrests after break-in at RAF base

Two more people have been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence after military planes were sprayed with paint during a break-in at RAF Brize Norton.

Footage posted online last Friday by Palestine Action showed two people inside the Oxfordshire airbase in darkness, with one riding on a scooter up to an Airbus Voyager and spraying paint into its jet engine.

South East counter-terrorism police said on Saturday two men aged 22 and 24, both from London, had been arrested, bringing the total number of arrests in connection with the incident to six.

The government has said it will proscribe Palestine Action following the Brize Norton incident, making it illegal to be a member or support the group.

The two men have been arrested on suspicion of the "commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000".

On Friday, police said they had arrested a 29-year-old woman of no fixed abode and two men, aged 36 and 24, both from London, on suspicion of the same offence.

A 41-year-old woman, of no fixed abode, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

The arrests took place in Newbury, Berkshire, and all suspects remain in custody.

It comes just days before a proscription order by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper under anti-terror law is set to come into force.

At the time of the incident, the group said it had "directly intervened in the genocide and prevented crimes against the Palestinian people" by "decommissioning two military planes".