Glasgow attacker who stabbed six before being shot dead by officers named by Scottish police
- Badreddin Abadla Adam, 28, from Sudan, was killed by police officers responding to the incident at a hotel in Glasgow
- The hotel was being used to shelter asylum seekers
Scottish police on Saturday night named the man shot by officers during a stabbing attack in Glasgow on Friday as Badreddin Abadla Adam, 28, from Sudan.
The man died on Friday after he was shot by armed officers responding to an “incident” in which six other people were injured in a stabbing attack at the Park Inn hotel, which is used by asylum seekers.
In a statement on Twitter, Police Scotland said the identity is “based on information the deceased provided to the Home Office earlier this year.”
Police Scotland said it “will continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident in Glasgow” and added it will investigate the police discharge of firearms.
Earlier, the police officer injured in the knife attack described the incident as something he will never forget. Officer David Whyte, who remains in a stable condition, thanked his colleagues who “put themselves in harm's way to contain this incident and assist with the vital treatment given to myself and others at the scene by other emergency services.”
Police said that they are not treating the incident as terrorism and that investigations were ongoing. Six men, including three asylum seekers and a police officer, between ages 17 and 53 were injured.