GLASGOW (UK) – A man wielding a knife stabbed six people, including a policeman, in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday before he was shot dead by police.
An eyewitness told Sky News she had seen several people covered in blood being treated by the emergency services after the incident at a city centre hotel. Armed police arrived within minutes of the incident.
Despite earlier media reports that the attacker killed two other people, the police said the knifeman was the only fatality.
Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson said the incident had been contained and there was no further risk to the public.
“The individual who was shot by armed police has died,” Police Scotland said in a statement, adding that they were not looking for anyone else. Police said the incident was not terrorism.
One eyewitness in the hotel described the scene as “full of blood”.
“I was in my room and I heard loud screams from downstairs,” a man told the BBC.
“I got worried and went to check what was going on. When I opened the lift it was all blood.”
According to the police, all the six injured are men, including the officer who is in a critical but stable condition. The officer was later identified by police as Constable David Whyte.
The hotel, the Park Inn by Radisson, had been used to house asylum seekers during the coronavirus pandemic, although authorities cautioned against speculating about a motive from that.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “deeply saddened by the terrible incident in Glasgow”.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was the “toughest of days for Glasgow,” reiterating a call from police not to gather in crowds this weekend.
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