Ohio state attacker. Garrett tenney is in ohio with the latest. Reporter were learning more minute by minute. Law enforcement sources tell us as you mentioned that the attacker was 18yearold abdul artan. He is a refugee from somalia. We are told that theres no current indication that terrorism was the cause or the motive for these attacks. Police say they are looking into it as a possibility, though. We know that the fbi is involved with this investigation and now they are reaching out to artans family members, his friends, to get a better idea of what could have caused him or led him to carry out this attack today. You mentioned it was right before 10 00 this morning when he took his car, drove it over a curb into a crowd of students. Four students at least were hit by the car and injured. When others went over to check on the driver, he got out with a butcher knife and started stabbing and slashing at other students. Five others are injured, one in critical condition. Now, as police
So, yeah. Says scary. We are learning more at 4 00 about the man responsible. Mark a police chief says authorities are looking into the attack at Ohio University is terrorismrelated. Tiffani investigators say nine were hurt, one critically. Dan deroos joins us at the answer center. Dan we will walk you into exactly how this happened and where injuries occurred and the exact spot where the suspect was shot and killed. We have ohio state camp us and here is the horseshoe for point of reference and we come to watts hall at 9 52 this morning when this 18yearold of somali disspent saw a crowd of students outside of watts hall and drove up on the sidewalk to collide and ram his car into as many students as he could from there. He has a butcher knife is what we are told and walking up the sidewalk he is slashing and cutting as many students as he he gets to this corner here when confronted by a Ohio State University Police Officer he gives them a command to drop the knife and does not do it a
Ceo is president elect and donald trump has even admitted that he has, quote, a little conflict of interest with one nato ally over a hotel. The leads series of potential conflicts like that one begins today. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with National News today. Were waiting for a News Conference at any moment with new details about the horrific rampage at the Ohio State University in columbus. Cnn is being told that the attacker was 18 years old. He was a permanent legal u. S. Resident. Theyre wondering if terror was the motive. He drove into a crowd on campus and got out and started slashing people with a large butcher knife. A Security Guard on campus stopped this from becoming much worse, attacking and killing the attacker. C cnns pam lebrand joining me now from Ohio State University. What did you learn about the attacker . Reporter were still piecing together what we know, but as you point out, offi
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