A 22-year-old Somalian man has been charged with attempted murder after a migrant hotel worker was stabbed near Heathrow Airport.
Police rushed to the Stanwell Hotel in west London at around 6.30pm on Saturday evening where they found a man in his 30s suffering from life-threatening injuries.
Abdifatah Yusuf Adani has this evening been charged with one count of attempted murder in connection with the incident, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.
He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Staines Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning at 10am.
The victim, who works at the hotel, is now in a stable condition.
A significant police presence has remained at the scene, just a few miles from Heathrow Airport, throughout Sunday.
A statement from the Met read: ‘Abdifatah Yusuf Adani, 22, has this evening been charged with one count of attempted murder following a report of a stabbing at the Stanwell Hotel in Stanwell at 6.30pm yesterday evening.
‘Adani, a Somalian national, has been remanded in custody and will appear at Staines Magistrates Court tomorrow morning at 10am.
‘The victim, a man in his 30s who is a staff worker at the hotel, is now in a stable condition and his injuries are no longer thought to be life threatening. There remains a heightened police presence in the area.’
Police rushed to the Stanwell Hotel in west London at around 6.30pm on Saturday evening after reports of a stabbing
Stanwell Hotel first closed its doors to the public four years ago when the government announced plans to use the premises to house migrants.
The site could, however, be turned back into a hotel for business and leisure guests under new plans.
The proposal would see the building in Town Lane modernised, refurbished and extended, with the number of rooms increased from 56 to 96.
Asylum seekers currently staying at the hotel would be expected to move out if the plans are approved, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Developers said the improvements were intended to ‘modernise the hotel and secure its future as part of the village economy’.
The Home Office previously confirmed it was committed to ending the use of hotels for asylum seekers and is working towards finding alternative accommodation.
