GLASGOW: An individual shot by armed police during an incident in Glasgow has died and six other people, including a police officer, were in a hospital being treated for injuries, Scottish police said Friday.
Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson said that an officer who had been stabbed during the incident on West George Street soon after 1 p.m. was in “a critical but stable condition.”
He said that police are continuing to deal with the incident and are urging people to avoid the area.
“We would urge the public not to speculate about this incident or share unconfirmed information on social media,” Johnson added.
Police Scotland said the incident had been contained and there was no threat to the wider public.
Johnson said police are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident.
The Scottish Police Federation, which represents the large majority of Scottish police officers, said it has notified the family of the injured officer.
Craig Milroy, who witnessed the aftermath of the incident from a nearby office building, said he saw four people taken away in ambulances.
“I saw a man lying on the ground, of African descent, with no shoes on,” Milroy said. "He was on the ground with someone holding his side. I don’t know if it was a bullet wound, a stab wound, or what it was.”
Milroy said the man was one of the four taken away by medics and believed him to be a victim of an attack.
“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," he said.
Images on social media appeared to show armed officers entering a building and a large number of emergency vehicles outside.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the reports were “truly dreadful” and that she was being updated.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “deeply saddened by the terrible incident in Glasgow” and that his thoughts are with “all the victims and their families.”
Police say person shot in Glasgow has died; 6 others injured in stabbing
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Police say person shot in Glasgow has died; 6 others injured in stabbing
- The alleged assailant has been shot by police, according to reports
Russia to free two Hungarian-Ukrainian POWs, Putin says
- Ukraine accused the two countries of having “manipulated the sensitive issue of prisoners of war“
- “You will be able to take them with you on the plane you arrived on and the plane you will return to Budapest on,” Putin told Szijjarto
MOSCOW: Russia will free two Ukrainian-Hungarian nationals captured while fighting for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appealed for their release in a phone call.
Ukraine accused the two countries of having “manipulated the sensitive issue of prisoners of war” and of staging the release as a PR stunt ahead of parliamentary elections in Hungary in April.
In a meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Moscow, Putin said the two soldiers were “forcibly conscripted” by Ukraine and that he personally made the decision to release them.
“As the prime minister requested, you will be able to take them with you on the plane you arrived on and the plane you will return to Budapest on,” Putin told Szijjarto.
Hungary is one of the few European countries to maintain close ties with Russia amid its Ukraine offensive and has consistently opposed military aid for Kyiv.
Ukraine is home to a large Hungarian minority, most of whom live in the western Zakarpattia region and hold dual citizenship.
The Russian defense ministry published a video last week purporting to show a dual Hungarian-Ukrainian citizen prisoner of war, alleging he had been forced to enlist in the Ukrainian army.
During their meeting, Szijjarto also urged Moscow not to raise energy prices, after fighting in the Middle East spurred by joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran sent markets into turmoil.
“I came here... to be assured and obtain a guarantee that even in the midst of the current crisis, the quantities of natural gas and crude oil necessary for Hungary’s energy security will be available, and that they will be delivered to Hungary from Russia at the same price,” Szijjarto said.
Putin said Russia was happy to discuss the issue of energy.
“Not everything depends on us, but, I repeat, we have always been reliable suppliers,” Putin told Szijjarto.
Hungary is the European Union’s biggest importer of Russian fossil fuels, having maintained purchases and secured exemptions from sanctions despite pressure from Brussels amid the Ukraine war.
Budapest was already facing disruption from the closure of the Druzhba pipeline, which transports Russian oil to Hungary and which Ukraine says was damaged in a Russian strike in January.
Both Hungary and Slovakia, as well as the Kremlin, accuse Kyiv of deliberately stalling its reopening. Kyiv says the threat of another attack is holding up repairs.
