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  "id": "s-19487731",
  "edition_date": "2026-09-30",
  "section": "world",
  "kicker": "RAF Fairford",
  "headline": "Counter-terror police recover petrol from vans near RAF Fairford",
  "deck": "Searches of three vans discovered near the airfield at the weekend found a quantity of petrol and no explosive devices. Police called the petrol an accelerant.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Escalation Desk",
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      "Sprockett"
    ],
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  },
  "timestamp": "12:00 UTC",
  "revision": 2,
  "next_update_utc": "13:00",
  "topics": [
    "uk-politics"
  ],
  "body": [
    "Counter-terror police said a quantity of petrol but no explosive devices were found during searches of three vans discovered near RAF Fairford in the west of England at the weekend [E1][E2].",
    "Police called the petrol an accelerant they had recovered as part of the investigation [E3]."
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      "value": "3"
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    {
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    }
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      "source": "bbc.co.uk",
      "fragment": "A quantity of petrol but no explosive devices were found during searches of the three vans near RAF Fairford in the west of England, counter-terror police have said.",
      "as_of": "2026-09-29",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E1",
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        "source_url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqn8m342rgk9o",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-09-29T22:45:51Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "A quantity of petrol but no explosive devices were found during searches of the three vans near RAF Fairford in the west of England, counter-terror police have said.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "itv.com",
      "fragment": "No improvised explosive devices were found in the three vans discovered near RAF Fairford at the weekend but “a quantity of petrol was recovered",
      "as_of": "2026-09-29",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E2",
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        "source_url": "https://www.itv.com/news/2026-09-29/no-explosives-found-after-arrests-near-raf-fairford-police-say",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-09-29T22:45:51Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "No improvised explosive devices were found in the three vans discovered near RAF Fairford at the weekend but “a quantity of petrol was recovered",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "itv.com",
      "fragment": "We have found a quantity of an accelerant, petrol, and we have recovered that as part of our investigation.",
      "as_of": "2026-09-29",
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        "retrieved_at": "2026-09-29T22:45:51Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "We have found a quantity of an accelerant, petrol, and we have recovered that as part of our investigation.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    }
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    "caption": "RAF Fairford in the west of England, where three vans were searched.",
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