British national charged with assisting foreign intel in RAF Fairford incident

A British national was charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service in connection with an alleged attempted sabotage incident at RAF Fairford last month in the United Kingdom, while another was hit with a national security offense.

Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, both British nationals from London, were charged Tuesday under the National Security Act 2023. Abdulkarim was charged with “assisting a foreign intelligence service,” with prosecutors alleging he was “engaging in conduct that was likely to materially assist a foreign intelligence service in carrying out U.K.-related activities.”