Flera döda i knivattack i centrala Glasgow 2020-06-26

Beväpnad polis har stängt ner delar av centrala Glasgow efter en ”allvarlig incident”.
Tre personer uppges vara knivhuggna till döds, enligt BBC.
Enligt Sky News har en misstänkt man skjutits av polisen.

Police Scotland said six victims were being treated for injuries in hospital, including a police officer left in a critical but stable condition.

The attack, which police are not treating as terrorism, started at the Park Inn hotel on West George Street shortly before 1pm on Friday.

Police officers were on the scene within two minutes and armed police shot the suspect dead.

A 42-year-old police was stabbed and remained in a critical but stable condition on Friday evening.

One witness, who gave his name as John, said two people who he believed to be staff members had been stabbed inside the hotel.

He said he came down from the third floor of the hotel to see the reception area covered in blood.

“One receptionist had been stabbed behind the reception desk,” he said.

“And then when I went down to the entrance I shouted at him and told him to stay calm and I will call for help.

“When I went to the entrance I saw another receptionist was fighting for his life and had been stabbed.”

Mohammad N Asif, chair of Afghan Human Rights Foundation, wrote on Twitter that it was being used to house asylum seekers during the coronavirus pandemic.

“I am told by an asylum seeker resident in the hotel that they are not allowed to speak to anyone, he said many people have been stabbed by knives,” he added.

Campaign group Positive Action In Housing confirmed that the 91-room hotel was housing asylum seekers for the Mears Group, which moved them there during the coronavirus lockdown.

He told the PA news agency: “I saw a man lying on the ground, of African descent, with no shoes on. He was on the ground with someone holding his side – I don’t know if it was a bullet wound, a stab wound, or what it was.”