An armed guard at RAF Marham in Norfolk, after a serviceman was threatened with a knife near to base Police outside RAF Marham in Norfolk, after a serviceman was threatened with a knife near to the base Police close a road close to RAF Marham in Norfolk, after a serviceman was threatened with a knife near to the base.
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A villager, who asked not to be named, said he may have seen the men carrying out a reconnaissance mission of the base eight days ago, on July 17.
When the suspect’s accomplice saw him on the floor he made a sharp exit and the pair scrambled into a dark coloured people carrier before it sped off.
The vehicle had been travelling so fast that it almost crashed into him, he told ITV Anglia.
Police hunting two men who tried to abduct an RAF serviceman at knifepoint say they have not ruled out terrorism as a motive. “If I had not taken emergency avoiding action, there would have been an accident”, he said.
He was approached by two men – one of whom grabbed him while he was jogging near RAF Marnham. United Kingdom authorities say they are searching for two people in the attempted abduction of a serviceman at a Royal Air Force base in eastern England.
Police are appealing for information from the public and motorists who were in Squires Hill when the incident occurred that afternoon around 3.30pm, especially homeowners with private CCTV.
He was able to fight off the men and escape but was left “very shaken” by the ordeal.
The first suspect is described as between 20 and 30 years old, about 6ft tall, of athletic, stocky build, with dark hair which was long on top. He was of Middle Eastern origin in appearance with a dark skin tone and wore dark casual clothing.
Both suspects are aged between 20 and 30. He was also of Middle Eastern origin in appearance and wore a white T-shirt and dark shorts.
The case triggered alarm and recalled the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was brutally murdered by two attackers outside his barracks in Woolwich in 2013.
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Det Supt Paul Durham, from the Norfolk and Suffolk major investigation team, who is leading the inquiry, said: “The victim managed to fight off his attacker and headbutted him, we believe around the eye socket, so it is possible he suffered swelling and bruising in this area”.
