Inquiry begins into death of Glasgow Park Inn hotel attacker

An inquiry has begun into the death of an asylum seeker who was shot and killed by police after stabbing six people at a hotel in Glasgow. Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, injured his victims at the city centre Park Inn hotel on June 26, 2020. Bosh, from Sudan, was killed after officers attempted to disarm him using non-lethal weapons. The Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) at Glasgow Sheriff Court is expected to last two months. Bosh was one of hundreds of refugees moved from flats into hotels at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. This move drew concerns about the mental health of often vulnerable individuals. Three asylum seekers, two hotel workers and Police Scotland officer David Whyte were hurt in the attack. The inquiry heard that Bosh had travelled through Libya, Germany and Italy before claiming UK asylum in Belfast in 2019. Bosh said he had been beaten after taking part in student protests in Sudan, and he feared he would be killed if he went back. He moved to London then Glasgow where he was housed by the Mears Group - who were contracted by the Home Office for asylum seekers residencies. The hearing was told that Bosh struggled in a flat in the city's Dennistoun, where he liv