Ohio State University attacker a Muslim student angry at US 'interference'
[DAWN] A university student whose family immigrated from Somalia rammed his car Monday into a crowd at Ohio State University and attacked them with a butcher knife, injuring 11 before police fatally shot him.
Identifying the assailant as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, officials in the northern US state said he appeared to have acted alone in what was being investigated as a possible terror attack.
He also appears to have made an anti-US posting on Facebook minutes before the attack, on a page that was quickly disabled or taken down by authorities, US media said.
"I can't take it any more. America! Stop interfering with other countries, especially the Moslem Ummah. We are not weak. We are not weak, remember that," the post quoted by ABC television said, using a term referring to the global community of Moslems.
"If you want us Moslems to stop carrying lone wolf attacks, then make peace," the post reads. "We will not let you sleep unless you give peace to the Moslems."
Posted by: Fred 2016-11-30 |