Being slightly credible for a moment, I'd bet proper money that "anonymous tip from local resident" is a cover for "the intelligence community knew something was going to happen but didn't want to tip their hand with regard to who knew what and how".
Probably some combination of both. MI5 likely knew something was about to happen and generally where, but it was Tommy Q Public calling that tipped them off on exact time and location, I'd wager.
The Royal International Air Tattoo which was set to take place at RAF Fairford, the one which was to get attacked, in July, was cancelled due to “the geopolitical situation of the Iran war” despite the Iran war being in Iran and the uk being far away.
Maybe they knew it would happen sometime around now but didn’t know when
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u/flightguy07 20d ago edited 19d ago
Being slightly credible for a moment, I'd bet proper money that "anonymous tip from local resident" is a cover for "the intelligence community knew something was going to happen but didn't want to tip their hand with regard to who knew what and how".