Man is victim of 'targeted' Glasgow attack less than a mile from hotel where knifeman attacked six and was shot dead by police on Friday
- Police called to the city centre just after midday and have cordoned off an area
- Officers are currently at the scene on Argyle Street, outside a Premier Inn
- An eyewitness said there was 'screaming' and guy on the floor covered in blood
Eye-witnesses have told how they feared a second Glasgow knife attack was a repeat of Friday's frenzied blade rampage that left six in hospital and one dead.
Police rushed to the scene in Glasgow city centre at lunchtime after reports of a stabbing just a few streets away from where Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from Sudan, was shot dead by a police marksman.
The asylum seeker’s death came moments after he wounded six at the Park Inn Hotel, including a hero police officer.
The attacker was killed in his room within minutes of his rampage.
The latest knife attack took place just around the corner from the Hallmark hotel where the asylum seekers from the Park Inn had been rehoused following Friday's attack and only a few streets away from the scene of Friday's carnage.
It has been reported a man was seen lying on the ground on the city's Argyle Street, outside a Premier Inn, covered in blood
An eye-witness, who asked not to be named, told Mailonline: 'It was horrible. I heard screams and saw the man lying on the ground. He had been stabbed on both legs and there was blood on the pavement.
'An ambulance crew attended to him and took him away. But the screams have stayed with me.
‘I was worried it would be a repeat of what happened on Friday, but it had nothing to do with asylum seekers.
‘I think there had been some sort of argument and next thing the man was left bleeding on the ground. I am in shock.
‘It's so upsetting. As if we don't have enough to worry about without this sort of violence on our streets.'
One eyewitness described 'lots of screaming' and a man lying on the ground with 'blood all over him'.
The latest violent incident is less than a mile away from a knife attack just a few days ago where 6 people were injured on West George Street
Inspector Gareth Griffiths for Police Scotland said: "We were called around 12.10pm on Sunday, 28 June, to a report of an assault in Argyle Street, Glasgow. Officers are currently at the scene. We believe this was a targeted assault and we do not believe there is a threat to the wider public.”
Another eye-witness said: ‘I didn't see it but I heard a scream and looked out. By the time I looked out of my window the attack had happened. the attack but the noise the man who had been stabbed made. Friday’s attack was in my mind. I thought, not again please.
A pair of men’s trainers, believed to belong to the victim, were left lying on the street for a time before being taken away by police as evidence.
Earlier the stab victim had been rushed to hospital after immediate treatment at the scene.
Police and paramedics are the scene in Glasgow City centre this afternoon
Police respond to an incident just off Argyle Street, in Glasgow, Scotland, this afternoon
One eye witness added: ‘The guy's shoes and a load of blood could be seen on the pavement. That was eerie.’
It is the second time Glasgow’s city centre has seen a major incident involving knife crime in a matter of days.
On Friday, hero police officer David Whyte, 42, was injured when he tried to save the lives of staff and asylum seekers staying at the Park Inn hotel on Glasgow’s West George Street.
Six people, including PC Whyte, aged 17, 18, 30, 38 and 53, are being treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The attacker, Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from Sudan, had threatened to carry out his attack the day before.
David Whyte, 42, was stabbed in the Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow yesterday after racing to save victims. Today he has thanked his colleagues for their bravery
Police officers attend the scene after reports of a stabbing rampage in a central Glasgow hotel at around 1pm yesterday
Friends say he had decided to return to Sudan and became increasingly prone to threats of violence due to the noises he could hear other residents making while he was in his room.
Fellow asylum seeker Siraj, who did not want to disclose his surname, said he was horrified when Adam told him he wanted to ‘knife people.
Siraj, 22, from Yemen, added: ‘I saw him the day before the attack and he said he’d had enough. He told me he hated people and they hated him. He said, “I want to stab people and use the knife.”
‘I couldn’t believe it. He was normally quiet and, at first, I thought he was joking. I thought he was just doing it to disturb me so I told him to take it easy.
‘He said he was going to attack people and, when he kept saying it, I told people at reception. It was really bad.”
Siraj said his friend refused to calm down and grew more unstable and irrational before the attack.
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