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U.S. NEWS Friday 2 June 2017
APNewsBreak: Ohio State attacker faulted ‘moderate’ Muslims

his beloved “but yet ‘mod- report showing the time
erate mother.’” line of the attack that was
Artan’s family was baffled released through the open
by that note, which caused records request.
them a great deal of an- One of his brothers saw
guish, said Bob Fitrakis, a those comments and tried
Columbus attorney repre- too late to contact him,
senting the family. To this thinking maybe it was a
day, the family has no idea joke or his account had
why Artan took those ac- been hacked, Fitrakis said.
tions, he said Thursday. The records provided new
“The family is mystified by details about Artan, in-
what happened. They’re cluding a visit he made to
absolutely clueless,” Fitrakis Washington, D.C., a few
said. days before the attack
The 18-year-old Artan was where he also made un-
shot and killed by an Ohio identified purchases at a
State officer moments af- Walmart. The family didn’t
ter driving into a crowd on realize he’d traveled there,
Nov. 28 and then attacking has no idea why he went,
people with a knife, leav- and urges anyone with in-
ing thirteen injured. formation about that trip to
In a series of Facebook rants contact authorities, Fitrakis
In this Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 photo, investigators collect evidence as police respond to an at- previously reported, Artan said.
tack at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, was shot and killed by nursed grievances against The day before the attack,
an Ohio State officer moments after driving into a crowd and then attacking people with a knife.
(AP Photo/John Minchillo) the U.S. “If you want us Mus- Artan left his job at a near-
By ANDREW HUGGINS Abdul Razak Ali Artan also in his family’s apartment. lims to stop carrying lone by Home Depot, saying
wolf attacks, then make he was tired, a co-worker
Associated Press told his parents in the note, Artan also wrote: “In the peace” with the Islamic told investigators. This was
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A reassembled by investiga- end, I would like to say that State group, he warned in unusual, “as he never left
man responsible for a car- tors, that he “will intercede I pledge my allegiance to those posts in which he also early from work,” the co-
and-knife attack at Ohio for you in the day of Judg- ‘dawla,’” an Arabic word railed against U.S. interven- worker said.
State University last year ment,” according to the in- that means state or coun- tion in Muslim lands. Artan had told the co-
left behind a torn-up note vestigative case file of the try and a likely reference Artan posted those com- worker several times that
in which he urged his family attack obtained through to the Islamic State group. ments at 9:49 a.m. on Nov. fall he was disgruntled
to stop being “moderate” an open records request. “May Allah bless them.” 28, three minutes before with school and wanted to
Muslims and said he was “My family stop being He concludes by saying the attack began, accord- drop out, according to the
upset by fellow Muslims be- moderate muslims,” says he’s leaving his property to ing to an unclassified FBI records.q
ing oppressed in Myanmar, the handwritten note tran-
The Associated Press has scribed by investigators
learned. and found by Artan’s bed
Authorities say video confirms

account in shooting of teen

By MICHAEL BALSAMO to music when the teens
Associated Press came up behind him and
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sur- hit him in the head at least
veillance video corrobo- three times, he said.
rates an off-duty federal One of the teens, Darius
law enforcement officer’s Smith, 15, pointed a BB gun
account that he was be- at the officer’s face and
ing robbed when he killed demanded money, Corina
a 15-year-old boy and said.
wounded another teen The officer pulled out his
last week, authorities said service weapons and
Thursday. fired seven times, striking
In addition, a lawyer’s Smith and one of the other
claim that the boy was boys.q
executed is a “complete
fabrication,” Los Angeles
County sheriff’s Lt. John
Corina said.
The video, which has not
been released, shows
three teens, ages 14 and
15, following the officer Fri-
day night as he exited a
light-rail train in suburban
Arcadia, Corina said.
The officer was wearing
headphones and listening