Knife attack in Glasgow - 6 injured

[StrawberryBlond 15,608]

A knife attack occurred this afternoon in Glasgow:

A knifeman complained he was 'very hungry' and protested about the hot food served during the Covid-19 pandemic just days before stabbing six people including a police office at a hotel in Glasgow today. Asylum seekers living in the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street had demonstrated against 'poor conditions' and were living on less than £5-a-day before the attacker, from Sudan, just 'went mad and attacked people around him'. He was shot by armed officers who arrived at the scene within two minutes, a Police Scotland spokesman said.

An activist told the Telegraph the man had threatened violence against other refugees and complained he was ‘very hungry’ after being re-housed in the hotel. The knifeman was previously feared to have stabbed two people to death but it has now been revealed he is the only fatality. A 42-year-old police officer is fighting for his life after storming the hotel at around 1pm. Police Scotland has ruled out terrorism.Another five people are being treated at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, including a 17-year-old boy from Sierra Leone. The ages of the other four injured are 18, 20, 38 and 53. The victims are thought to be two receptionists, a maintenance employee, and guests staying at the hotel. The force declared a major incident and set up a half-mile cordon in the city centre after the male suspect ran into the Park Inn Hotel and began his attack. 

Eyewitnesses described the bloodbath as 'carnage', with one delivery driver saying he helped to save the life of a victim after finding a maintenance man and a receptionist wounded on the floor. The hotel is one of six in Glasgow that have been used as accommodation for up to 300 asylum seekers during the coronavirus crisis. It is understood 100 were in the Park Inn at the time of the attack.

Ako Zada from Kurdish Community Scotland said it was unlikely to be a terror attack, and poor conditions at the hotel causing depression and mental illness was to blame. He added: 'I believe there's around 100 in the hotel but new people are always coming and going. They were doing a demonstration last week and in George Square they were attacked by a far right group. They're not getting £5 a day to buy essentials and don't know when they will be able to go home. I don't think it's a terrorist issue. People have been saying this for months, they're not well. The hotel is OK for a couple of weeks but not three months. It's depression and it's a mental health issue. I'm very sad and devastated.' 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8463513/Major-incident-declared-Glasgow-armed-police-swoop-busy-street.html

 

As I live just outside Glasgow, I'm partly saying this to let people here know I'm ok as is everyone I know. I'm sure more details will come out in the coming days. But we think this was an isolated incident and not indicative of a wider planned scheme.

[Glamourpuss 29,080]

What's going on with all the random stabbing attacks recently. 

[mcphee 1,790]

It was horrible as it unfolded. Got a text from my friend who works frontline telling me to get out of the city centre as quick as I could if I was out. Horrible stuff

[StrawberryBlond 15,608]

Just edited it when I realised that the bit I'd copied and pasted had actually confirmed new details that I hadn't seen yet - turns out the knifeman is the only one dead from all this, some of the people he injured earlier were maybe assumed dead so that's why it was incorrectly reported as 3 deaths originally. At least it's a blessing that no innocent people were killed but they were clearly extremely lucky.

[Jase 13,417]

This year continues to resemble something from the depths of hell

[Defmix100 7,108]

honestly just so many horrible things this week - this event, the stabbings in England, those cops taking selfies with bodies of victims (wasn't this week but they were fired this week so it was in the news), homeless man set on fire, that creepy US house set on fire after teens went missing...

[MingersPrayer 585]

Wow I can’t believe that. It’s so sad and unexpected. I used to live in Glasgow which makes no difference other than making it feel more vivid. Those poor people.