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Abdul Razak Ali Artan Attack On Ohio State

Ohio State University police identify suspect in campus attack as Abdul Razak Ali Artan

Multiple media outlets, including NBC News and the Associated Press, citing sources who requested anonymity, described Artan as an 18-year-old native of Somalia living in the United States as a legal permanent resident. Both NBC and the Associated Press report he was a student at the university. Ref. USAToday.

State Ohio Attack Artan Ali Razak Abdul

Authorities believe Abdul Razak Ali Artan, who attacked pedestrians Monday at the Ohio State University, was inspired by terrorist propaganda from ISIS and deceased Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, two law enforcement sources said.

The sources point to Facebook postings Artan made Monday, which referenced Awlaki, who was a leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, as well as the style of the attack encouraged by ISIS in a recent online magazine. Ref. CNN.

Abdul Razak Ali Artan Attack On Ohio State Islam Studies

This is the kind of thing that reinforces the mistrust and dislike of immigrants no matter if they are legal or not. Even though they were screened nothing can say on paper or an interview what they might do in the future.

I will like to know if he was bullied or threatened, it seems strange that he would just 'turn' from a happy young man to a terrorist overnight.