Dead Ohio State University Attacker Was 19-Year-Old Somali Refugee

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Today’s brutal attack at Ohio State University left one attacker dead and two in custody.

Now Ali Muhammad, 19, a Somali refugee, has been identified as the suspect who allegedly launched a car and knife attack on the Ohio State campus, leaving nine people injured.

This incident bears a striking similarity to another stabbing attack earlier this year in Minnesota, in which another college aged Somali immigrant stabbed nine people in a shopping mall. Needing only a knife, these two Somali refugees caused nationwide panic and several devastating injuries.

Today’s attack took place at 9:52 a.m., when police report Muhammad ran into pedestrians with a car and then exited with a butcher knife, stabbing several people.

The suspect, who was killed by police during the attack, was identified hours after the attack took place. Reports indicate that Muhammad drove a car into a group of students who had left a building following a fire drill, but it was not reported whether the suspect was responsible for triggering the alarm. There were initial rumors that two other suspects may have been involved, but it has now been reported that Ali Muhammad was the only suspect.

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