'Three dead' after stabbing attack in Glasgow; Armed police shoot dead suspect

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'Three people stabbed to death' in Glasgow city centre

Three people are believed to have been stabbed to death in a stairwell to a hotel in Glasgow city centre.

It understood that a suspect was shot dead by police.

The Scottish Police Federation have confirmed a police officer was stabbed. Armed police remain at the scene outside the Park Inn in West George Street.

A statement from Police Scotland said the situation was "contained" and there was no danger to the general public.

Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf tweeted that the government was being briefed on the situation.

Witness Craig Milroy, who saw the aftermath of the incident from an office building nearby, said he had seen four people taken away in ambulances.

He told the PA news agency: "I saw a man lying on the ground, of African descent, with no shoes on. He was on the ground with someone holding his side - I don't know if it was a bullet wound, a stab wound, or what it was."

Mr Milroy said the man was one of the four taken away by medics and believed him to be a victim of an attack.

He added: "After that we saw commotion, ambulances further up and we saw armed police all running into the hotel next to the Society Room.

"We were still standing outside, after that the police all came down, the riot police and triage team told us to go back in and lock the door."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-53195939

 

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Man shot dead by police after stabbing in Glasgow hotel

A man has been shot dead by police after a stabbing attack at a hotel in Glasgow city centre.

Six people are being treated in hospital for their injuries, including a 42-year-old police officer who was said to be "critical but stable".

Sources had earlier suggested two other people had died at the Park Inn in West George Street, which is currently being used to house asylum seekers.

Police said the incident was not being treated as terrorism.

The other injured men in hospital are aged 17, 18, 20, 38 and 53.

A police spokesman said the situation was "contained" and there was no danger to the general public.

He added that they were not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident, which was first reported at 12:50. He added that officers were on the scene within two minutes of the incident.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said reports of the incident were "truly dreadful" and she was being "updated as the situation becomes clearer".

She added: "My thoughts are with everyone involved. The injury of a police officer, of course, reminds us of the bravery of our police service. They run towards dangers as the rest of us would run away."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was "deeply saddened by the terrible incident in Glasgow".

Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson urged people to avoid the area.

He said: "Officers were on the scene within two minutes, and armed officers shortly afterwards, and the incident was quickly contained."

The assistant chief constable added: "The individual who was shot by armed police has died.

"Six other people are in hospital for treatment to their injuries including a police officer, who is in a critical but stable condition.

"Our thoughts are with the families of those who were injured, including our officer.

"The incident is not being treated as a terrorism and our investigation is continuing into the circumstances."

One witness, who gave his name as John, said he came down from the third floor of the hotel to see the reception covered in blood.

He told the PA news agency that he initially saw one person who had been stabbed.

"I went down to the entrance and shouted at him and told him to stay calm and I will call for help," he said.

He then saw another man, who was "fighting for his life".

Another witness, Craig Milroy, saw the aftermath of the incident from an office building nearby and said he had seen four people taken away in ambulances.

He said: "I saw a man lying on the ground, of African descent, with no shoes on. He was on the ground with someone holding his side - I don't know if it was a bullet wound, a stab wound, or what it was."

Mr Milroy said the man was one of the four taken away by medics and believed him to be a victim of an attack.

He added: "After that we saw commotion, ambulances further up and we saw armed police all running into the hotel next to the Society Room.

"We were still standing outside, after that the police all came down, the riot police and triage team told us to go back in and lock the door."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-53195939

 

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Glasgow stabbing attack: Witnesses describe seeing victims 'covered in blood'

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People covered in blood were carried out of a Glasgow hotel on stretchers after a stabbing attack, eyewitnesses have said.

Craig Milroy, who saw the aftermath of the attack from an office building nearby, told Sky News he had "never seen so many police in my life, especially with all the weapons".

He said he saw a "man lying on the ground" outside, describing him as having "no shoes on" and holding his side.

He told Sky News: "At first we heard a commotion outside, I went downstairs, looked to my left and saw a man topless with no shoes on.

"It looked like he was holding something that had been pressed on him, it looked like he had been stabbed.

"I looked further up to see a really big police presence, the ambulance came round, then put him on gas and air, and took him away. I don't know what position he will be in now but he did look badly hurt."

He added: "I've never seen so many police in my life, especially all the weapons. Never seen that many at all

"We saw people coming out of the building as well - I believe the people coming out were kettled across the street and then moved into the pub across the street," said Mr Milroy.

"There were lots of women and children and vulnerable people."

John was on the third floor of the hotel at the time of the attack and said he rushed downstairs to find two receptionists had been stabbed.

He said: "One receptionist had been stabbed behind the receptionist desk.

"When I went to the entrance I saw another receptionist was fighting for his life and had been stabbed.

"There were two police officers there assisting him."

Another witness, who wished to remain anonymous, told Sky News they were woken up by a loud noise outside the hotel.

The witness - who has been living on the third floor of the hotel - said he heard a male voice and a female voice screaming, and that when he headed downstairs the inside of the lift and the "whole reception area" were both "covered in blood".

"I saw that one of the receptionists was stabbed and he was lying behind the desk of the reception… just lying, and he was gasping for air," he added.

He said another receptionist was outside on the hotel steps, "fighting for his life".

Louisa, who was also in another building in West George Street, told Sky News: "I saw people being treated with blood on the ground.

"I saw people running out of the hotel with the police shouting 'put your hands up, put your hands up, come out'."

She added: "Police were shouting to people in other buildings near the Park Inn hotel to stay inside and not come into the street. I saw at least three people injured and they were taken away in ambulances.

"There were quite a number of people coming out with their hands up, running down the steps of the hotel. I saw people with blood on them, all over the ground."

Matthew Nesbitt, who lives on the fourth floor of another building near the hotel, said he came down and saw a man bleeding on the steps outside the hotel.

He told Sky News: "I saw one gentleman with his life lost. It's not something you expect to see on a Friday afternoon.

"You don't expect it to happen right outside your building. It's more shocking than anything."

A man called Stuart, who lives in a flat opposite the hotel, told Sky News he saw armed police run inside and emerge half an hour later carrying a man.

He said: "Police ran into the hotel and were in there for some time. After half an hour or so, so closer to 3pm, they appeared to pull someone out, he was wearing plain clothes and they were carrying him."

Someone else also walked out of the hotel at the same time, he added.

Stuart said he first heard police shouting at people in a bid to evacuate the hotel, a nearby bus and some cars parked close by.

He said: "There was a lot of urgency to push people back."

Muhammad Sultan, a manager of a nearby Indian restaurant, was at work when he heard people screaming.

He told Sky News: "There was lots of noise and I saw people running, so I looked outside of the front door.

"I saw there was a man who had been stabbed and there was loads of blood on the ground around him.

"It was a really disturbing image. I saw one of the police officers was injured as well and he was taken away by the emergency services when they arrived."

He added: "The police told us to stay inside for our own safety. This is the first time that this has happened in my city.

"I've never encountered something like this before in Glasgow. I'm really shocked about what's happened. I feel really sorry for the victims - I wish there was something I could've done for them."

Another witness, who gave their name as Reilly, told Sky News they saw someone "looking unconscious" and being taken away in an ambulance.

They said they saw a police officer asking the hotel manager for key cards and access to CCTV.

"He was very quiet, just handed over the keys and said there was another manager with more access," he said.

"I think he was a little in shock."

https://news.sky.com/story/glasgow-...ath-of-incident-at-city-centre-hotel-12015409

 

[Robert]

Police are not treating it as a terror incident currently.

 

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What's going on? Too many stabbings in that part of region.

 

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A police officer is among six people in hospital following a stabbing attack at a Glasgow city centre hotel.

Constable David Whyte, 42, is in a critical but stable condition after suffering knife wounds at the Park Inn hotel on Friday afternoon.

Five other people, aged 17, 18, 20, 38 and 53, are also being treated in hospital but their conditions have not been revealed.

Armed police shot dead a male suspect during the incident, which is not being treated as terrorism.

Police listed the attacker as the only fatality, despite earlier reports that he had killed two other people.

Louisa, who was in a building nearby, told Sky News: "I saw people being treated with blood on the ground.

"I saw people running out of the hotel with the police shouting 'Put your hands up, put your hands up, come out'.

"There were police cars, ambulances all over the street and they cordoned it off. Police were shouting to people in other buildings near the Park Inn hotel to stay inside and not come into the street.

"There were quite a number of people coming out with their hands up, running down the steps of the hotel. I saw people with blood on them, all over the ground."

Photo taken with permission from the Twitter feed of @ThatReilz of police presence in West George Street, Glasgow, as a serious police incident has closed roads in the city centre.

Sky News' Scotland correspondent, James Matthews, said he had spoken with one of the hotel guests who had been woken up by screaming.

"He said he headed to reception via the lift and the elevator was covered in blood. He got out to the main area and saw a male receptionist who had suffered an injury, was covered in blood and was gasping for air.

"He said there was a second male receptionist on the exterior steps of the hotel and he was also injured and was gasping for air."

Police Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said: "My thoughts and very best wishes are with those who have been injured and their families, including our colleague Constable David Whyte who was seriously injured in the course of doing his duty. I offer my personal support to all those affected.

"Officers have once again run into danger to protect their fellow citizens. Their professionalism as police officers was outstanding.

"I pay tribute to their bravery, selflessness and commitment to protecting the public."

https://news.sky.com/story/glasgow-...after-stabbing-attack-in-city-centre-12015739

 

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A police officer who was critically injured in a mass stabbing in Glasgow is now in a stable condition in hospital, police have said.

PC David Whyte, who is 42, was hurt as he responded to the incident at the city's Park Inn Hotel on Friday.

He was among six people injured and taken to hospital. The suspect was shot dead by police.

Police said another five casualties remained in hospital, one of them in a critical condition.

They have been described as three asylum seekers who were staying at the Park Inn Hotel at the time of the attack and two hotel staff.

Officers remained at the scene, in the city's West George Street, on Saturday.

Police Scotland said PC Whyte was in a stable condition in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

The other injured men in hospital are aged 18, 20, 38 and 53.

"All of them remain in hospital. One is critical but stable, and two are stable, at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Two others are in stable conditions at the QEUH," a police statement added.

Nicola Sturgeon wished all those who were injured a "full and speedy recovery".

Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson said the incident was not being treated as terrorism and police were continuing to investigate the circumstances.

It comes as the force urged anyone who witnessed the incident or who has footage of the events to send it via the Police Scotland portal.

The investigation has been named Operation Strathenberg.

The incident prompted a large police presence at the city's George Square on Saturday morning.

A tweet posted by the Greater Glasgow Police account said that an order under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 had been imposed following recent protests.

"This allows police to search any individual or vehicle within the city of Glasgow area until 10:19 tomorrow," the tweet read.
Armed police were called to the hotel at 12:50 on Friday after reports of a stabbing - they arrived on the scene within two minutes.

Police said the male suspect died after being shot by specialist officers from the force.

'Run into danger'

The 91-room hotel is understood to have been housing about 100 asylum seekers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Chief Constable of Police Scotland Iain Livingstone has praised the "outstanding professionalism" of officers who responded to the incident.

He said "terrible incidents" such as those seen in Glasgow on Friday were "thankfully, very rare in Scotland".

He added: "My thoughts and very best wishes are with those who have been injured and their families, including our colleague Constable David Whyte who was seriously injured in the course of doing his duty. I offer my personal support to all those affected.

"Officers have once again run into danger to protect their fellow citizens. Their professionalism as police officers was outstanding. I pay tribute to their bravery, selflessness and commitment to protecting the public."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-53204696

 

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The man shot dead by police after the stabbing attack in Glasgow has been named as Badreddin Abadlla Adam.

Police Scotland confirmed the man's identity in a statement, saying he was 28-years-old and from Sudan.

Sky News reported earlier that the attacker was an asylum seeker, who came to the UK six months ago and had been staying at the Park Inn hotel in West George Street.

Six people, including a police officer, were injured when he launched his attack at the hotel on Friday.

Siraj knew the man responsible for a knife attack in Glasgow

'He said he wanted to attack hotel workers'

"The identity is based on information the deceased provided to the Home Office earlier this year," the force added.

"Police Scotland continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident in Glasgow.

"The police discharge of firearms resulting in a fatality will always continue to be fully investigated by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner.

"Both of those inquiries, which take place under the direction of the Lord Advocate, are ongoing and it would not be appropriate to speculate either about the events or the outcomes of these investigations."

It comes after it emerged staff at the hotel had been warned that the suspected attacker was mentally unstable the night before he struck.

Sky News's Scotland correspondent James Matthews reported that fellow residents had relayed concerns about his mental state prior to the incident, and that the warning was passed to staff in a phone call on Thursday evening.

Sky News was told the man had begun to behave erratically, with one fellow resident saying that he had told him he wanted to attack other people in the hotel, including staff.

Other Sudanese asylum seekers had become scared of him and said they made their concerns known to a Glasgow-based liaison worker who deals with asylum issues.

The suspected attacker had been complaining about living conditions in the hotel, and was said to been having a particular difficulty with noise.

Three of those injured in the attack - which is not being treated as terrorism - were asylum seekers staying at the hotel. The other two were members of staff.

Of those five, aged 17, 18, 20, 38 and 53, one was in a critical but stable condition, and the others stable.

An asylum seeker who was in the same hotel, Siraj, told Sky News that Adam had made violent threats in the past.

"He was saying the people are against him, the people hate him," he said.

"The next room, they were making some noise and he was saying the noise was just to disturb him. The room on top of him the same.

"One day he said 'I want to attack them. I want to attack that room next to me. That room on top of me'. He said 'I want to attack the hotel workers'."

https://news.sky.com/story/glasgow-...amed-as-attacker-shot-dead-by-police-12016433

 

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Police in Scotland cordon off streets in Glasgow after "targeted assault": STV

LONDON (Reuters) - Police in Scotland have cordoned off streets in Glasgow after a man was stabbed in what police has described as a targeted attack, Scottish Television (STV) and the Daily Mail newspaper reported.

STV quoted a police inspector, Gareth Griffiths, as saying it was a “targeted assault and we do not believe there is a threat to the wider public”.

On Friday, six people, including a policeman, were stabbed at a hotel in the city centre before the attacker was shot dead in an incident the police said they were not treating as terrorism.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...sgow-after-targeted-assault-stv-idUSKBN23Z0GW