ISIS claims responsibility for OSU attack

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the recent attack at Ohio State University.
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On Tuesday, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack at Ohio State University on Monday at its main campus in Columbus, Ohio. A post on the terrorist group's news agency Amaq said the suspect, a Somali refugee who was a U.S. citizen enrolled at the university, "is a soldier" of ISIS, Reuters reported.

Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, drove a car into pedestrians Monday morning, before exiting the vehicle and slashing people with a butcher knife. Eleven people were injured, though none fatally. Artan was shot and killed by a university police officer.

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