Hotel Knifeman Funeral Chaos

Cops break up crowd at attacker’s burial

- Conor Riordan

Police were called to the funeral of a man who stabbed six people in a hotel knife attack after “several hundred” mourners turned up.

The burial service for Badreddin Abadlla Adam, who was shot dead by officers at the Park Inn, Glasgow, was expected to be held at the cit y ’s Linn Cemetery at 2pm on Saturday.

But police had to break up a crowd of hundreds who were in breach of coronavirus restrictions.

By 3 pm the funeral had not begun and three police vans were in attendance as of f icers tried to disperse the large gathering.

The Scottish Government’s current rules allow for a maximum of 20 guests at funeral services during the latest phase of lockdown.