Date set for FAI into death of hotel attacker

A date has been set for the start of a fatal accident inquiry 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.

A preliminary hearing into his death will be held on 11 March at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Kenny Donnelly, deputy crown agent for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), said: "The Lord Advocate considers that the death of Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh occurred in circumstances giving rise to serious public concern.

"An FAI will allow a full public airing of the evidence of the procurator fiscal's wider investigations with interested parties.

"The evidence will be tested in a public setting and be the subject of an independent judicial determination."

Mr Donnelly added that Mr Bosh's family would 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 BBC Scotland News, he said the police should have tasered his brother or used a non-fatal shooting method.

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 Bosh told BBC Scotland News 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".