A man stabbed by a fellow asylum seeker in a Glasgow hotel says he's haunted demons after being left for dead on the street.
The infamous Park Inn attack left six injured, the knifeman Badreddin Abdalla Adam dead and sparked outrage at the treatment of asylum seekers during lockdown.
Two years on and one victim has launched a legal challenge demanding UK Government hold a public inquiry,after he was left seriously injured and bleeding on the pavement, the Daily Record reports.
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Named as MG in court, he was the first victim and was tabbed twice during the rampage on June 26, 2020.
He explained: "I still can't sleep. Every night I feel I am fighting to control the demons, the nightmares of what happened. I am a different person and no matter how I try, I can't block out what happened."
A legal challenge was launched last week claiming treatment of asylum seekers during the covid lockdown contributed to the Glasgow attacks.
Adam also knifed police officer David Whyte, two hotel workers and a further two asylum seekers living in the hotel.
MG told the Record: "I have had therapy but it never goes away. I am so scared when I am out."
Campaigners have criticised Home Office contractor Mears for placing hundreds of asylum seekers in hotels at the outbreak of the virus.
A leaked Home Office report later revealed there were signs that Adam was mentally ill and talked of wanting to stab people, it was received by hotel staff just a day before the attack.
It further revealed he had complained about health and accommodation to the Home Office, Mears and Migrant help 72 times before the fateful day.
With the support of Refugees for Justice, MG travelled to London's Royal Courts of Justice last week for a hearing.
The action demands an independent inquiry into potential abuses of asylum seekers' human rights.
MG added: "I forgive Adam because he was sick, but I don't forgive the Home Office, who treated asylum seekers like they were not human beings. The legal action is not about me. It is about stopping it happening again to other asylum seekers. We need an inquiry because we deserve answers and accountability."
A Mears spokesman said "it would be inappropriate to comment".
The Home Office has claimed an inquiry is not needed and that it has "undertaken a number of significant changes to keep asylum seekers safe".
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