Glasgow stabbing: Park Inn guest's horror at screams and blood covered staff after attack

A guest at the hotel where a knifeman injured six people in a horror attack said he saw two receptionists covered in blood.

The 27-year-old witness Nicholas said he heard screaming and rushed down to the reception at the Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow.

The attacker was shot and killed by armed police following the sickening incident, with a police officer among the injured.

"I heard people screaming," Nicholas said. “When I went down to the reception there was blood everywhere.

“Two of the receptionists had been stabbed, both males.

Forensics officers at the scene of the stabbing in Glasgow (Getty Images)

“There was a man who was holding his waist. I told them to stay calm and not worry.

“I saw another receptionist who was lying on the stairs, they’d been stabbed."

The hotel guest, who was staying with his mother, continued: “There were two police officers so I told them what happened.

“After I came out from the hotel I heard people say the attacker’s still in the hotel but I didn’t come across him.

Armed police officers shot the attacker dead, Police Scotland said (Getty Images)

A horrified witness said the reception was covered in blood after the attack (Getty Images)

“When I was out of the hotel for ten minutes one of the police officers came out with blood on his face, he had been stabbed."

Another witness told Glasgow Live : "We were sleeping and I woke up to a loud scream. There was a woman screaming and a man shouting for help.

"I couldn't see from my window what was going on but I could see few people outside the building looking towards the hotel.

"I was worried and went down. The lift was covered in blood so I took the stairs."

Armed police rush to scene of 'stabbing' in Glasgow

He saw a staff member had been injured in the reception and went to call for help, finding two police officers helping another victim “fighting for his life” at the entrance.

An office worker who was in a nearby building said he and a colleague heard an “enormous wail” from nearby at around 12.30pm.

He added: “Clearly someone had been hurt or was shouting at somebody. It went on for a bit and then it went quiet. After a couple minutes we heard the sirens coming.

“We work two or three offices down. I’ve been parking opposite the hotel over the past couple of weeks.

“We were just about to go out for lunch, we could see there was a commotion at the Park Inn and we turned the other way. We would have been walking down the part at that time if we hadn’t heard it.

“I feel for the poor residents coming out, with the police there. It must have been petrifying.”