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Reports of injuries after 'serious incident' in Glasgow, Police says suspect shot dead, six injured





A police officer and several other people were injured in a reported stabbing in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday before the alleged assailant was shot by police. Scottish police described it as a "serious incident", which shut down the centre of the city.

Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson, of Police Scotland, said the incident was "contained" and there was no risk to the general public.

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"Armed police officers attended the incident and I can confirm that a male suspect was shot by an armed officer," he said in a statement, without giving the condition of the alleged assailant.


"I can also confirm that a police officer was injured while dealing with the incident and that officer is receiving treatment in hospital."

He did not say how he was injured.

The incident, which Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called "truly dreadful", shut down central Glasgow, as emergency services rushed to the scene.

Britain's interior minister Priti Patel called the reports "deeply alarming".

It comes less than a week after three people were stabbed to death in a park in the southeastern city of Reading that police were treating as terror-related.

Videos posted on social media showed armed police in plain clothes in central Glasgow, near the Park Inn hotel, which had been cordoned off.

One witness quoted by the domestic Press Association news agency said he saw one man lying on the ground without shoes, and someone was holding his side.

"I don't know if it was a bullet wound, a stab wound, or what it was," said Craig Milroy, who works in an office nearby. He said the man was one of four people taken away by medics.

"After that we saw commotion, ambulances further up and we saw armed police all running into the hotel next to the Society Room.

"We were still standing outside, after that the police all came down, the riot police and triage team told us to go back in and lock the door."

Another witness, who gave her name as Louisa, told Sky News television she saw "people being treated with blood on the ground".

"I saw people running out of the hotel with the police shouting, 'put your hands up, put your hands up, come out'," she added.

"There were police cars, ambulances all over the street and they cordoned it off.

"Police were shouting to people in other buildings near the Park Inn hotel to stay inside and not come into the street."

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