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| Islamic State group claims Ohio State University rampage | |
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| The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a car and knife rampage at a US college on Monday that left 11 people injured. | The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a car and knife rampage at a US college on Monday that left 11 people injured. |
| The attack at Ohio State University was carried out by Somali-born Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a student at the Columbus campus, authorities said. | The attack at Ohio State University was carried out by Somali-born Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a student at the Columbus campus, authorities said. |
| The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency called the 18-year-old business undergraduate a "soldier". | The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency called the 18-year-old business undergraduate a "soldier". |
| There is no immediate way to verify the group's claim. | There is no immediate way to verify the group's claim. |
| "The executor of the attack in the American state of Ohio is a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried out the operation in response to calls to target citizens of international coalition countries," Amaq said. | "The executor of the attack in the American state of Ohio is a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried out the operation in response to calls to target citizens of international coalition countries," Amaq said. |
| The publication did not say if the attack was directed from abroad, or if Artan, who died in the attack, had been self-radicalised. | The publication did not say if the attack was directed from abroad, or if Artan, who died in the attack, had been self-radicalised. |
| He was shot by an campus police officer after driving his car at a group of people and then getting out to attack them with a "butcher's knife", said police. | He was shot by an campus police officer after driving his car at a group of people and then getting out to attack them with a "butcher's knife", said police. |
| One of the wounded victims, William Clark, an Ohio State University professor, described how Artan's vehicle had "mounted the kerb" and crashed into a large concrete planter before bouncing off and striking him. | |
| "As it was stopping, it clipped the back of my right leg and basically flipped me up in the air and I landed on the concrete", he told a news conference. | |
| Mr Clark said Artan then exited the car and began attacking students before he was shot down. | |
| Artan had recently posted on Facebook about US treatment of Muslims. | Artan had recently posted on Facebook about US treatment of Muslims. |
| "America! Stop interfering with other countries, especially the Muslim Ummah [community]. We are not weak. We are not weak, remember that," he wrote online, law enforcement officials have confirmed to US media. | "America! Stop interfering with other countries, especially the Muslim Ummah [community]. We are not weak. We are not weak, remember that," he wrote online, law enforcement officials have confirmed to US media. |
| Just an opportunistic claim? | Just an opportunistic claim? |
| Analysis by Gordon Corera, BBC Security Correspondent | Analysis by Gordon Corera, BBC Security Correspondent |
| The ISIS claim does not prove much in terms of the attack in Ohio. The group often refers to individuals who carry out attacks as its "soldiers", but the crucial question is firstly whether the individual had any form of direct contact with IS. | The ISIS claim does not prove much in terms of the attack in Ohio. The group often refers to individuals who carry out attacks as its "soldiers", but the crucial question is firstly whether the individual had any form of direct contact with IS. |
| Face-to-face contact may be unlikely but online communication is possible. If there was no direct contact, it could still be the case that an individual was inspired rather than directed by the group. In this case, an individual may leave their own pledge of allegiance in written form or online or in a video. | Face-to-face contact may be unlikely but online communication is possible. If there was no direct contact, it could still be the case that an individual was inspired rather than directed by the group. In this case, an individual may leave their own pledge of allegiance in written form or online or in a video. |
| But until such evidence emerges, it remains hard to know if this is just an opportunistic claim by the group rather than one based on real substance. | But until such evidence emerges, it remains hard to know if this is just an opportunistic claim by the group rather than one based on real substance. |