3 Columbus hospitals treat victims of OSU attack

Eleven people were injured Monday on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus when a student drove his vehicle onto the sidewalk, jumped out of his car and used a butcher knife to stab and cut several people.

The attacker, who has been identified as Abdul Artan, drove his car into pedestrians on the sidewalk shortly before 10 a.m. About a minute after Mr. Artan began his attack, he was shot dead by a campus police officer, according to The New York Times

Victims of the attack were taken to three Columbus hospitals: OSU Wexner Medical Center, Grant Medical Center and Riverside Methodist Hospital. During a press conference Monday afternoon, OSU Wexner CMO Andrew Thomas, MD, said all but one of the 11 victims was in stable condition.  

Investigators are searching for a motive behind Mr. Artan's knife attack. According to USA Today, the FBI is investigating the incident, and it is not yet known whether the attack was terror-related.

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