An asylum seeker who went on a knife rampage at a hotel made threats 24 hours before the incident, a hearing has been told.
Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, an asylum seeker from Sudan, stabbed six people on June 26, 2020.
He was being housed at the Park Inn Hotel, West George Street, Glasgow, where the attack happened, and was one of hundreds of asylum seekers moved into hotels in the Scottish city at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
Bosh was shot dead by police who attended the scene.
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.
The family of Bosh 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.
Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh was shot dead
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During the the third preliminary hearing, 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."
A report from witness Amanda Trimble would refer to the systems that were in place and which risk assessments should have been carried out.
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Police officers at the scene in West George Street, Glasgow after the shooting
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The hearing earlier heard that Bosh came to the UK after he first arrived in Ireland, after originally leaving Sudan following the death of his uncle, who 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, reports the BBC.
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 the hotel was being used to house asylum seekers the time of the incident.
The funeral of Badreddin Abadlla Adam, who stabbed six people in West George Street
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A preliminary hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court in June was told the inquiry will examine "areas of dispute" including whether mental health assessment was sufficient; and whether tasers should be classified similarly to batons when used by police officers.
The Home Office, Mears Group PLC, the Scottish Police Federation, Glasgow City Council, the Scottish Ambulance Service, and Migrant Help UK are some of the organisations which will have legal representation.
Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar said that an anonymity order for police officers involved has been granted and that the fatal accident inquiry is expected to take between 10 to 12 weeks.
She said that the incident had been "clearly distressing for all involved."
Solicitor Aamer Anwar speaking outside Glasgow Sheriff Court ahead of the initial hearings in March
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Last year, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain decided it was in the public interest to hold a discretionary FAI.
Emma Toner, representing Police Scotland, said: "The principle area of interest is in the police response to the incident."
The June hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that Police Scotland “had no knowledge that the hotel was housing asylum seekers” and that there could have been the opportunity to “de-escalate”, according to Shelagh McCall KC, representing the Scottish Police Federation.
Ms McCall said: "Police Scotland had no knowledge that this hotel housed asylum seekers at relevant time. Had that been communicated there was the opportunity for community engagement with staff and residents at hotel. Community policing can help with issues before they escalate."