© Darren Staples / ReutersA British Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4 aircraft takes off from RAF Marham in eastern England
Norfolk police are investigating the attempted abduction of a military serviceman at RAF Marham on Wednesday.
They have not ruled out terrorism as a motive.Local authorities are carrying out house-to-house enquiries and detailed searches of the area, in Squires Hill, which is now closed off to the public.
Detective Superintendent Paul Durham, from the Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team, said police are
exploring several hypotheses and that terrorism is one of them.
According to a police statement, the victim, in his late 20s, was approached by two men while out for a run.
The first suspect, described as 6ft tall and between 20 and 30 years of age, shouted at the serviceman and attempted to grab him.
The victim successfully fought him off, causing the first suspect to fall on the ground.
Comment: Twenty years ago, would police feel the need to say something along the lines of "we aren't ruling out terrorism" in an incident such as this? It really says something about the times we're living in. Hysteria, madness, state-sponsored terrorism. What a world, eh?