ISIS supporters hail Ohio rampage and call for evil attacker to become 'martyr in heaven'
SUPPORTERS of the Islamic State (ISIS) have rejoiced over the brutal attack at Ohio State University even asking Allah to welcome the savage perpetrator as a “martyr in heaven”.
IS sympathisers have come out in support of the attack
The abhorrent messages were posted on a group for ISIS militants and supporters using the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, drove his car into a group of pedestrians at the Ohio college and then began to stab people with a butcher knife before police shot him dead.
The student left 11 people injured, three of them are still in hospital from Monday’s vicious attack.
The Ohio State University president Michael Drake
Allah bless the perpetrator
The sick group of jihadis also used Telegram to release a statement claiming that Artan, the man behind the attack in Ohio, was one of their jihadists, Breitbart Jerusalem revealed.
User Abu Hajar Alshami wrote: “Our agency Amaq claimed responsibility for the attack in Ohio.
“Thank Allah for the gift of jihad that he received. Allah bless the perpetrator. We ask Allah to welcome him as a martyr in heaven, and to welcome us just the same. Blessed be all those turning their weapons to the tyrants and infidels. They play a huge role in the war of jihad.”
Another user, Abu Aisha Aliraqi wrote: “Thank Allah for cherishing the mujahedeen and humiliating the tyrants and the infidels. Allah bless jihad. Congratulations to our brother the perpetrator who was the first to respond to the appeal of Welayat Raqqa.”
An officer involved in the investigation has revealed that a post appeared on Artan’s Facebook page saying: “I can’t take it anymore”.
11 people are injured following the brutal attack
People at the Ohio University gather for a vigil after the attack
Another user wrote on Telegram: “Take heed, America, take heed, America’s allies. Today is a new era. We are a state whose fighters and sons are masters, not slaves.’ Indeed, it is the fighters of our Islamic State who will not allow the non-believing countries to continue to kill us. They will pay a price. We have brothers who are able to undermine your regimes from inside.”
A different user said that this attack is the first in a string of attacks in support of “oppressed Muslims”.
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He said: “We swear to Allah, we will punish you in the way Allah and justice promised.”
Authorities have said that the attacker was inspired by ISIS.
The injured from the attack include a mix of academic faculty, maintenance staff and students.