The information surfaced during a preliminary session ahead of a full Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the death of 28-year-old Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh. Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar referred to transcripts that mentioned the threats, asking Police Scotland Federation’s lawyer Shelagh McCall KC: “There were threats of stabbing 24 hours prior to the incident?” McCall confirmed, according to GB News “Yes.”
Bosh, originally from Sudan, stabbed six people at the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street on June 26, 2020. Police who arrived on scene shot him dead. At the time, the hotel was housing roughly 100 asylum seekers who had been moved there at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.
His family has questioned whether lethal force was necessary, though a Crown Office investigation in 2023 concluded that the officers’ response was proportionate.
The upcoming inquiry is expected to run 10–12 weeks and will look at disputed issues, including whether mental health assessments were adequate and whether tasers should be categorized the same way as batons in police use-of-force policies. An anonymity order has been granted for the officers involved.
Bosh had come to the UK via Ireland after leaving Sudan, where his uncle had been killed. He reportedly struggled with conditions in the hotel, telling relatives it was a difficult environment while he was sick with Covid. Court documents revealed he contacted the Home Office and support groups more than 70 times in the months leading up to the attack to raise concerns about his health and accommodation.
A June session of the inquiry also heard that police were unaware the Park Inn was being used to house asylum seekers at the time. McCall argued that if this had been communicated, community policing efforts could have helped prevent the situation from escalating.
The Home Office, Mears Group PLC, Glasgow City Council, the Scottish Ambulance Service, Migrant Help UK, and the Scottish Police Federation will all be legally represented during the inquiry.
Emma Toner, representing Police Scotland, said the key focus would be on how officers responded to the incident.
