A stabbing in a Glasgow hotel hosting asylum seekers during the Coronavirus lockdown was avoidable, a new report has concluded.
Six people were stabbed during a rampage at the Park Inn hotel in Glasgow's West George Street on June 26, 2020. Sudanese man Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, was shot dead by police after the frenzied attack.
He was among more than 300 asylum seekers who were moved from homes into hotels at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Adam had sought help with his declining mental health 72 times before he lashed out at the hotel.
The Home Office says it moved people to reduce their risk of homelessness and to minimise the spread of Covid, but the move sparked anger from campaigners concerned about dismal living conditions.
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