Suspect Identified in Ohio State Attack as Abdul Razaq Ali Artan
An Ohio State University student plowed a car into a campus crowd, then jumped out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife before being shot dead by police Monday morning, officials said.
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Law enforcement officials told NBC News the suspect's name is Abdul Razaq Ali Artan, an 18-year-old student at the university. He was a Somali refugee who left his homeland with his family in 2007, lived in Pakistan and then came to the United States in 2014 as a legal permanent resident of the United States, officials said.
The motive was unknown, although law enforcement sources said Artan posted a rant on social media prior to the incident. Officials said the attack was clearly deliberate and may have been planned in advance.
"This was done on purpose," Stone said.
Officials said Artan was in the car by himself, but investigators are trying to determine if anyone else was involved in the planning.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...university-car-knife-attack-n689076?cid=sm_tw
OSU President Michael Drake addressed reporters today to answer questions about the incident.
“We’re pleased that no one was injured more seriously than they were and we all know we live in an open society where these kinds of tragedies happen some place it seems on far to frequent a basis,” said Drake. “So what we do on the campus is everything we can to make the campus safe. We have multiple trainings in place… and we’re pleased with how well those work and we’re pleased with how people have responded to this tragedy today.”
UPDATES | Ohio State attacker identified as Somali refugee, OSU student
The Associated Press reports a police chief says authorities are looking into whether the attack at Ohio State University was related to terrorism.
Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs was asked at a news conference Monday afternoon whether authorities were considering the possibility that it was a terror attack.
Jacobs says, "I think we have to consider that it is."
Authorities say a man purposely plowed his car over a curb and into pedestrians on Monday morning before jumping out of the car and attacking people with a butcher knife.
A police officer who was nearby because of an earlier gas leak was on the scene in a minute and shot and killed the attacker.
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http://www.kcentv.com/news/local/ohio-state-alert-active-shooter-on-campus/356926729
I'm thinking we (i.e. the Ohio State community) are very lucky that a police office was in the area and immediately responded, etc.
This season they have recognized a local police officer during each home football game. Too bad there isn't another home game to recognize this officer. It would easily break the stadium record for loudest/longest cheering/applause, etc.