Inquiry hears hotel attacker in 'bad psychological state' before stabbing

A fatal accident inquiry has been told an asylum seeker shot dead by police was in a "bad psychological state" before he attacked six people.

Badreddin Abdallla Adam Bosh was a resident at the Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow when the incident took place in June 2020.

Two men staying in the hotel at the time told the inquiry they had raised concerns with a receptionist after Bosh, from Sudan, threatened to stab people.

He was shot six times by officers the following day after attacking three asylum seekers, two hotel workers and a police officer.

Bosh was among hundreds of refugees moved from flats into hotels at the start of the Covid pandemic.

The move drew concerns about the mental health of often vulnerable individuals.

Fellow resident Yousef Mohammed, 38, also from Sudan, said he and Bosh regularly shared food from their homeland at the hotel.

He told the inquiry about a conversation they had in which Bosh said he had not slept for three-and-a-half to four months due to others in the hotel "constantly making noise and disturbing him".

Mohammed recalled: "He said the housing company put people there to annoy him.

"He said that he couldn't take it any more."

Mohammed told the inquiry Bosh had said he had the "intention to start stabbing people".

He said it was the first time Bosh "spoke like this or had these thoughts in his head" and looked like "someone who hadn't slept".

Mohammed added: "So many factors affect psychological state - one was he was isolated in his room."

Night porter Liam McCullough, 38, claimed he was also told about Bosh making threats to stab people that day.

He was approached by two residents who did not speak English and they communicated through a third party on a phone.

McCullough said he was told Bosh was threatening people because they were making too much noise.

He acknowledged the hotel could be noisy at times with music and residents making calls home.

But he said the matter was not escalated further than management as the witness said "nothing had happened at that moment in time".

The inquiry, which is expected to last about two months, continues before Sheriff Stuart Reid.