Police ScotlandAn asylum seeker who was shot and killed after he stabbed six people at a hotel made threats 24 hours before the incident, a probe has heard.
Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, attacked his victims at Glasgow city centre’s Park Inn on June 26, 2020.
Officers had attempted to use non-lethal weapons to disarm Bosh during the incident before he was shot.
The Sudanese national was one of hundreds of refugees moved from flats to hotels at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This was a move that raised concerns about the mental health of often vulnerable individuals.
Three asylum seekers, two hotel workers and a police officer who had responded to the emergency call were injured by Bosh during the attack.
A third preliminary hearing took place at Glasgow Sheriff Court in preparation for the full Fatal Accident Inquiry.
An FAI is a public examination of the circumstances of a death in the public interest before a Sheriff, which does not apportion blame or fault.
Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar referred Police Scotland Federation’s advocate Shelagh McCall KC to transcripts which she had read before the hearing.
She asked: “There were threats of stabbing 24 hours prior to the incident?”
Ms McCall replied: “Yes.”
The advocate stated that a report from a witness that will refer to which systems were in place and which risk assessments should have been done.
Advocate depute Alan Cameron KC told the hearing that a list of witnesses and documents have been lodged which includes a draft joint agreement of evidence.
A total of 700 witness statements have been lodged.
Mr Cameron further told the hearing that he anticipates “four to five weeks for the evidential hearings”.
Mark Stewart KC, representing the next of kin, stated that he is awaiting an expert report from a firearms expert.
Work on the report is expected to commence in October, with the Sheriff Principal requesting a working deadline of early December.
The hearing earlier heard that Bosh came to the UK after he first arrived in Ireland.
A previous hearing was told that police officers were unaware that the hotel housed asylum seekers at the time of the incident.
A further preliminary hearing was set for December for a list of witnesses, which will be cross-examined at the inquiry.
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