A knife attack on a uniformed Army officer is not thought to be terror-related and the suspected attacker may have mental health problems, police have said.
Kent Police said a number of knives have been recovered from the scene in Sally Port Gardens in Gillingham where a serviceman aged in his 40s was left with serious injuries just before 6pm on Tuesday.
Shocked witnesses described hearing screams as the officer was repeatedly stabbed by a masked attacker who fled the scene on a moped.
Head of the Army General Sir Roly Walker condemned the stabbing as “horrific and unprovoked”.
