Police are appealing for witnesses to yesterday's horror stabbing incident in Glasgow.
Officers are keen to speak to anyone who was in the vicinity of West George Street at around 12.50pm on Friday.
Emergency services raced to a report of an incident at the Park Inn Hotel just before 1pm.
As officers rushed to the hotel they were confronted by a knifeman who had injured several people.
A few minutes later Police Constable Whyte, 42, was stabbed before armed police shot the suspect dead in the hotel.
Constable Whyte is now in a stable condition in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Today it was confirmed by Police that three of those injured were asylum seekers staying at the hotel, while the other two were hotel staff.
All five remain in hospital. One is critical but stable, and four are stable.
An updated statement from Police Scotland reads: "Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident in West George Street, Glasgow, on Friday, 26 June, 2020.
"Around 12.50pm, officers responded to a report of an incident at the Park Inn Hotel. Officers were on the scene within minutes and the incident was quickly contained. A man was shot by armed police and died at the scene. Six men were injured and remain in hospital for treatment, including a 42-year-old police officer.
"Police are appealing to anyone who may have footage of the incident to provide this via the following: https://mipp.police.uk/operation/SCOT20S17-PO1 "
The other victims were men aged 17, 18, 20, 38 and 53.
A statement from Police Scotland adds: "The latest statement from Police Scotland reads: "Police Constable David Whyte, who was injured in the incident in West George Street on Friday 26 June, is now in a stable condition in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
"Three other people who were injured were asylum seekers staying at the Park Inn Hotel, where the incident took place, and the other two people who were injured were hotel staff.
"All of them remain in hospital. One is critical but stable, and two are stable, at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
"Two others are in stable conditions at the QEYH."
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