The population was asked to avoid the area of operation.
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The background to the crime is still unclear.
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Major police operation in the middle of Glasgow: In the early Friday afternoon, a serious knife attack occurred in a hotel on West George Street, in which at least three people were killed. The authorities speak of a “serious incident”.
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Eyewitnesses report how special forces stormed a building on the street and shot a suspected perpetrator. A 42-year-old policeman also had to be brought to the hospital with cuts after being deployed on site. He was seriously injured, but his condition was stable, the authorities said.
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The exact background of the crime is still unclear, but a terrorist motive is apparently not in the foreground. The hotel on West George Street is said to have temporarily accommodated asylum seekers during the Corona epidemic, British media report. (cat)