11-28-2016, 06:32 PM
(11-28-2016, 04:54 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: The OSU attacker has been identified by some media sources as Abdul Razak Ali Artan (aged 18, 19, or 20 - unclear).Wasn't there a knife attack at a mall by a Somalian there recently?
Artan was reportedly a Somali refugee living as a legal resident in Ohio and a student at OSU.
He and his parents reportedly left Somalia for Pakistan in 2007, before coming to the U.S. a few years back.
Columbus, Ohio is second only to Minneapolis, Minnesota in terms of Somali refugee population.
Refs:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/susp...?cid=sm_tw
http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/ohio-stat.../356921134
https://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/status...wsrc%5Etfw
http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/abdul-raza...ugee-isis/