Police ScotlandAn asylum seeker who was shot and killed after stabbing six people at a hotel had made threats 24 hours before the incident, a hearing has been told.
Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, attacked his victims at the Park Inn in Glasgow city centre on 26 June 2020.
Officers attempted to use non lethal weapons to disarm Mr Bosh during the incident before he was shot – a decision the Crown Office later said was “absolutely necessary”.
The Sudanese national was one of hundreds of refugees moved from flats to hotels at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic – a move that raised concern about the mental health of often vulnerable individuals.
Three asylum seekers, two hotel workers and police officer David Whyte – who had responded to the emergency call – were injured during the attack.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court, sheriff principal Aisha Anwar referred Police Scotland Federation’s advocate Shelagh McCall KC to transcripts she had read before the hearing.
She asked: “There were threats of stabbing 24 hours prior to the incident?”
Miss McCall replied: “Yes.”
The advocate said a report from witness Amanda Trimble would refer to the systems that were in place and which risk assessments should have been carried out.
The information was revealed during the the third preliminary hearing in preparation for the upcoming full Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI), which will take place at a date yet to be determined.
Mr Bosh’s family have questioned whether police were right to use deadly force.
In 2023, a previous investigation by the Crown Office concluded that the actions of police were proportionate.
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.
PA MediaAdvocate depute Alan Cameron KC told the hearing a list of witnesses and documents had been lodged which included a draft joint agreement of evidence.
A total of 700 witness statements have been lodged.
Mr Cameron further told the hearing he anticipated “four to five weeks for the evidential hearings.”
Mark Stewart KC, representing the next of kin, said he was awaiting an expert report from a firearms expert.
Work on the report is expected to begin in October, with the sheriff principal requesting a working deadline of early December.
The hearing earlier heard that Mr Bosh came to the UK after he first arrived in Ireland.
He had originally left Sudan after his uncle was shot dead.
He told family he had struggled to adapt to life in the Park Inn – which was understood to have been housing about 100 asylum seekers.
Mr Bosh described the situation in the hotel as difficult while he had been ill with Covid.
He contacted the Home Office and other organisations more than 70 times before the attack, regarding his health and accommodation.
A previous hearing was told police officers were unaware that the hotel housed asylum seekers at the time of the incident.
Another preliminary hearing was set for December.
