ISIS Calls OSU Assailant It 'Soldier'; Recent Islamic State Propaganda Urged Vehicle, Knife Attacks

The Islamic State says it inspired a stabbing attack earlier this week in Ohio that injured 11 people, reports the Columbus Dispatch.

On Monday, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a Somali-born student, drove his car into pedestrians at Ohio State University in Columbus, and then began attacking people with a knife. A nearby police officer shot and killed him.

The ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency on Tuesday said that Artan was an Islamic State "soldier." Artan was responding to calls to...