Scream heard and ‘blood everywhere’ after soldier stabbed near barracks

Blood-curdling screams were heard as a soldier was repeatedly knifed in a bloody attack near an Army barracks outside his home.

Locals rushed to help the serviceman, who is in his 40s, in Kent on Tuesday afternoon after he was stabbed with what witnesses described as two 10in kitchen knives before a man fled the scene on a moped.

The victim was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after he was found with stab wounds in Sally Port Gardens, Gillingham at around 5.55pm. In an update issued on Wednesday morning, Kent Police said his condition is currently described as serious but stable.

A 24-year-old local man, who police said is reported to have left the scene on a motorcycle, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Mooring Road, Rochester, around 35 minutes later and remains in custody.