It was foiled:

“RAF personnel at a base in Norfolk have been warned not to wear their uniform in public or travel on foot unaccompanied after one of their colleagues narrowly avoided being kidnapped at knife-point, raising fears of a Lee Rigby style terrorist attack.

UPDATE 1400 BST: A Norfolk police statement released on Thursday afternoon has given details of the descriptions of the two men being hunted for the attempted kidnapping. The statement said: “Suspect one is described as being between 20 and 30 years old, approximately 6ft tall, of athletic but stocky build, with dark hair which was long on top and had a well groomed beard. He was of Middle East origin in appearance with a dark skin tone and wore dark casual clothing”.

The statement continued: “Suspect 2 is described as between 20-30 years old but younger than the first suspect and of a slimmer build. He was approximately 5ft 10, clean shaven with short dark hair. He was also of Middle Eastern origin in appearance and wore a white t-shirt and dark shorts”.

An airman was out running near RAF Marham near Kings Lynn in Norfolk when he was approached by two men wielding knives. It is reported that they were trying to kidnap him by bundling him into a Ford Galaxy style people carrier.

The man was unharmed in the incident, which took place at 3.30pm on Wednesday, and was able to get away from his attackers, who sped off. He was not wearing his uniform at the time, The Daily Telegraph has reported. …