Inquiry into police killing of man who stabbed six at hotel

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh was shot by police after carrying out multiple stabbings

A fatal accident inquiry will be held into the death of an asylum seeker who was shot by police after carrying out multiple stabbings at a hotel in Glasgow.

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, from Sudan, stabbed six people including a police officer at the Park Inn Hotel in West George Street in June 2020.

He was shot by police and died in the incident.

The Crown Office said that the lord advocate had decided it was in the public interest to hold an inquiry.

Kenny Donnelly, deputy crown agent for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), said: “The lord advocate has decided that a discretionary fatal accident inquiry should be held into the circumstances of the death of Badreddin Adam to ensure that there can be a full public hearing of the facts of the case.

Mr Donnelly added Mr Bosh's family will be kept informed of progress.

The lord advocate is responsible for the investigation of all sudden, unexpected and unexplained deaths in Scotland.

A previous investigation into the incident found the actions of police were proportionate.

The Crown Office said the decision by the police officer to shoot Mr Bosh was "absolutely necessary in the circumstances" and attempts to use non-lethal weapons were unsuccessful.

However, his brother, Adam Abdalla Adam Bosh, questioned whether officers were right to use deadly force and called for an independent inquiry.

In an interview with the BBC, he said the police should have tasered his brother or used a non-fatal shooting method.

Six people were stabbed at the Glasgow hotel where asylum seekers were being held during the first lockdown

The incident at the Park Inn came three months after the start of Covid lockdown restrictions, which had led to Home Office contractor Mears moving hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow into hotels.

Those injured by Mr Bosh were three asylum seekers, two hotel workers and a police officer who had responded to the initial emergency call.

Adam told the BBC his brother, who had left Sudan in 2017 when his uncle was shot dead, struggled to adapt to life in the Park Inn and had described the situation as difficult.

He called for a public inquiry with "integrity", adding that "there must be transparency and independence".