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Ohio police kill machete-wielding restaurant attacker | Ohio police kill machete-wielding restaurant attacker |
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Police in the US state of Ohio have killed a man who attacked four people with a machete in a restaurant. | Police in the US state of Ohio have killed a man who attacked four people with a machete in a restaurant. |
The suspect fled after the attack in a Mediterranean diner in the city of Columbus, leading police on a chase before he was shot and killed. | The suspect fled after the attack in a Mediterranean diner in the city of Columbus, leading police on a chase before he was shot and killed. |
All four people were taken to hospital and are expected to make a full recovery. | All four people were taken to hospital and are expected to make a full recovery. |
"There was no rhyme or reason as to who he was going after," said Sgt Rich Weiner. | |
The suspect first came to the restaurant earlier in the evening. He had a conversation with an employee and left. | The suspect first came to the restaurant earlier in the evening. He had a conversation with an employee and left. |
He returned about 30 minutes later, approached a man and a woman sitting near the door and started the attack. | He returned about 30 minutes later, approached a man and a woman sitting near the door and started the attack. |
Customers and workers attempted to stop the attack by throwing chairs at him. | Customers and workers attempted to stop the attack by throwing chairs at him. |
"He came to each table and just started hitting them," customer Karen Bass told a local CBS television station. | "He came to each table and just started hitting them," customer Karen Bass told a local CBS television station. |
"There were tables and chairs overturned, there was a man on the floor bleeding, there was blood on the floor." | "There were tables and chairs overturned, there was a man on the floor bleeding, there was blood on the floor." |
She fell five times, she said. "My legs felt like jelly. I just thought he was going to come behind me and slash me up." | She fell five times, she said. "My legs felt like jelly. I just thought he was going to come behind me and slash me up." |
The suspect eventually fled the restaurant in his car but police ran him off the road. | The suspect eventually fled the restaurant in his car but police ran him off the road. |
"He had a machete and another knife in his hand and he lunged across the hood [bonnet] at the officers," the chief said, who described it as a "random attack". | "He had a machete and another knife in his hand and he lunged across the hood [bonnet] at the officers," the chief said, who described it as a "random attack". |