Police are appealing for witnesses to a weekend assault and kidnapping in Armstrong. RCMP say they were called Saturday morning to a report of an injured man found in a rural area of Salmon Arm. Investigators learned that earlier that morning at approximately 12:15 a.m., the 27-year-old male victim left the grounds of the Inland Provincial Fair and was walking on Okanagan Street in Armstrong when a vehicle pulled up behind him. “Three men got out of the vehicle and assaulted the man repeatedly before forcing him into the vehicle and driving away,” said Const. Chris Terlesky in a press release. The victim then went down to the Salmon Arm area where he was found by a member of the public who called for help. The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The vehicle involved in the attack is described as an older model Toyota car. Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information is asked to contact the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP and reference file 2022-5693. No other information was released by police.
