A knife attack kept the city of Glasgow, in Scotland. The event occurred in a hotel for asylum seekers set during the coronavirus pandemic. While the investigation is progressing, it is presumed that a man attacked several people inside the accommodation. Five of them were hospitalized along with a police officer who is in serious condition. The police killed the alleged perpetrator of the attack. He also assured that the same not being investigated as a terrorist act. Is he second attack of this nature In a few weeks.
Chaos in the center
The event occurred at the Park Inn hotel on central West George Street. The place works like accommodation during the pandemic for asylum seekers, said the organization Positive Action in Housing, specialized in providing accommodation to migrants. A Malaysian refugee, who said he lives on the third floor of the hotel, gave details of the incident. The man heard a person ask for help and the screams of a woman. She went down to see what was happening and found the elevator covered in blood and two people who had been stabbed. Another witness claimed to have seen four people being evacuated by ambulance, according to the British news agency. PA. Craig Milroy, who works in a nearby office, saw an African-American man on the ground, without shoes, with a person by his side assisting him. “I don’t know if it was a bullet wound, or a knife wound or what it was“Mirloy added.
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Another person identified as Louisa explained to Sky News who saw bloodied people lying on the ground while they were attended by lifeguards. “I saw people run out of the hotel, the police yelling ‘hands up, hands up, get out! There were police cars, ambulances all over the street that was cordoned off. Police were yelling at people in other buildings to stay inside“the woman pointed out.
A large security device was deployed in the city center and several streets were cordoned off in the wake of the attack. “The individual the police opened fire on is dead“Steve Johnson, the Scottish police chief, said. Six other people were taken to a nearby hospital. Three of them are teenagers aged 17, 18 and 20 respectively. The other two were 38 and 53 years old. The policeman who was stabbed he was in critical but stable condition, the Scottish Police Federation reported. “The investigation is ongoing but the assault is not considered a terrorist act.“an agent said.
Regardless of what the investigation reveals, the fact evidenced the harsh reality that refugees live in Scotland. About a hundred asylum seekers were staying at the hotel. Some local NGOs and politicians had made strong criticism for the conditions in which they live. They are not allowed to leave, they were penniless and some with health problems. In the place it was impossible to comply with the provisions of social distancing to prevent the spread of covid-19.
The country’s policy makers reacted quickly expressing dismay. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson He expressed his distress at what happened. “I am deeply sorry for the terrible incident in Glasgow. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Thanks to the courageous emergency services that are responding,” said the Conservative leader. For her part, the Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon he called the attack terrible. “Please let the emergency services do their work and stay away from the area, and do not share unconfirmed information.Sturgeon asked.
One week from Reading
The event occurred a week after another attack with similar characteristics. Last saturday tres people died after being stabbed in a park in the city of Reading, in the south east of England. In this case the police do investigate this event as a terrorist act. According to the British press, the author was a Libyan refugee with psychological problems. The man was being investigated by British intelligence services with no imminent risk identified. He had been jailed in October for crimes not related to terrorism. In 2018 he attacked a black female police officer. In early June he had been released.
An event was held on Monday to honor the victims of Reading. Interior Minister Priti Patel assured that lThe country’s security services have prevented 25 attacks in the past three years. Eight of them were promoted by the extreme right. In the UK the terrorist threat is rated as third degree on a scale of five.
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