00:00Say it loud and say it clear. Justice for Bedrandin.
00:03Say it loud and say it clear. Justice for Bedrandin.
00:07What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now.
00:11Good morning, my name is Ahmad Anwar. I'm a solicitor
00:14acting on behalf of the family of the deceased Abdullah Adam Bosch.
00:18This morning we appeared at the preliminary hearing fatal accident
00:20inquiry. Mr Bosch was a 28 year old asylum
00:23seeker from Sudan who was placed in the Park Inn hotel in
00:272020 during the height of the pandemic. On the 26th of June 2020 Mr
00:32Bosch was shot dead by Police Scotland's
00:34firearms officers after he stabbed three asylum seekers,
00:38two hotel workers and a police officer who had responded to the initial
00:42emergency call. Adam Bosch had applied to voluntarily
00:45return to Sudan but the process was delayed by the pandemic.
00:49Mr Bosch had been staying in the hotel for three months and at the time of the
00:52incident had been ill with Covid-19 and it was clear to those around him
00:56his mental health was rapidly declining. Previously some of those injured by Mr
01:00Bosch had said they did not blame him because of the decline in his mental
01:04health but they had raised serious allegations about the failings by the
01:07Home Office and others. A leaked Home Office document reported in
01:11the media claimed that Mr Bosch had made 72 calls
01:15seeking help from the Home Office and others. The Home Office and the Mayor's
01:18group at the time was heavily criticised for uprooting hundreds of refugees and
01:22asylum seekers and moving them into hotels emptied
01:26because of the lockdown. Those advocating on behalf of asylum
01:30seekers and refugees complained that hundreds of vulnerable and
01:33frightened people were being forced into hotels and cramped spaces
01:37when social distance was being advised by the government.
01:40Questions were raised at the time as to whether there was adequate
01:43medical and psychiatric support for those in the hotel.
01:48Mr Bosch's family have already raised concerns as to whether lethal force was
01:52necessary. A fatal accident inquiry will take place
01:55due to the nature and the circumstances of the death which gives rise to serious
01:59public concerns. It is important to note a fatal accident inquiry cannot apportion
02:04blame. It will establish the circumstances of
02:07Mr Bosch's death and consider what reasonable steps if any
02:10could have been taken to avoid the risk of future deaths in similar
02:14circumstances. The evidence will be tested in a public
02:17setting and will be the subject of an independent judicial
02:20determination by Sheriff Principal Anwar and a further
02:24preliminary hearing is set for the 23rd of June.
02:26We have been searching for answers since the tragedy on the Barking from 2020
02:31and the people who have moved into the hotels during the pandemic
02:35for we are trying to seek the justice for the situations and what happened
02:38that time. Unfortunately the hotels have been used
02:41now widely across the country for people who are seeking asylum seekers.
02:46We gather here for the fatal incident inquiry
02:49into the death of Badreddin Bosch who was being shot dead by the police
02:54and we are showing solidarity for the victims or all the people across the
02:57country who have been in the hotel detention or hotel accommodation across
03:00the country and we are looking for the lead into the
03:03situation or what led to that situation and ended that way.
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