Glasgow stabbings: Badreddin Abadlla Adam named as attacker shot dead by police - Sky News

The man shot dead by police after the stabbing attack in Glasgow has been named as Badreddin Abadlla Adam.

Police Scotland confirmed the man's identity in a statement, saying he was 28-years-old and from Sudan.

Sky News reported earlier that the attacker was an asylum seeker, who came to the UK six months ago and had been staying at the Park Inn hotel in West George Street.

Six people, including a police officer, were injured when he launched his attack at the hotel on Friday.

'He said he wanted to attack hotel workers'

"The identity is based on information the deceased provided to the Home Office earlier this year," the force added.

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"Police Scotland continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident in Glasgow.

"The police discharge of firearms resulting in a fatality will always continue to be fully investigated by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner.

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"Both of those inquiries, which take place under the direction of the Lord Advocate, are ongoing and it would not be appropriate to speculate either about the events or the outcomes of these investigations."

It comes after it emerged staff at the hotel had been warned that the suspected attacker was mentally unstable the night before he struck.

'I heard male voice screaming, asking for help'

Sky News's Scotland correspondent James Matthews reported that fellow residents had relayed concerns about his mental state prior to the incident, and that the warning was passed to staff in a phone call on Thursday evening.

Sky News was told the man had begun to behave erratically, with one fellow resident saying that he had told him he wanted to attack other people in the hotel, including staff.

Other Sudanese asylum seekers had become scared of him and said they made their concerns known to a Glasgow-based liaison worker who deals with asylum issues.

The suspected attacker had been complaining about living conditions in the hotel, and was said to been having a particular difficulty with noise.

Three of those injured in the attack - which is not being treated as terrorism - were asylum seekers staying at the hotel. The other two were members of staff.

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Of those five, aged 17, 18, 20, 38 and 53, one was in a critical but stable condition, and the others stable.

An asylum seeker who was in the same hotel, Siraj, told Sky News Adam had made violent threats in the past.

"He was saying the people are against him, the people hate him," he said.

"The next room, they were making some noise and he was saying the noise was just to disturb him. The room on top of him the same.

"One day he said 'I want to attack them. I want to attack that room next to me. That room on top of me'. He said 'I want to attack the hotel workers'."

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2020-06-27 20:45:40Z
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