While liberals are screaming “don’t jump to conclusions!” at conservatives on social media, more and more info is coming out that is showing the attack on Ohio State University today was probably motivated by radical Islamism.
Authorities are investigating an anti-U.S. rant posted on Facebook just minutes before the Ohio State University attack today that is believed to be linked to suspect Abdul Razak Ali Artan, sources told ABC News.
Appearing three minutes before the beginning of the rampage that left 11 people injured, the post reads: “I can’t take it anymore. America! Stop interfering with other countries, especially the Muslim Ummah. We are not weak. We are not weak, remember that.”
The post also invokes the name Anwar Al-Awlaki, a radical American-born al-Qaeda cleric, describing him as a “hero.” Al-Awlaki was killed in 2011 but his propaganda has been linked to several domestic terrorist attacks in the years after his death.
And yet authorities will not say what the motivation was behind the attack, in order to fulfill every bitter snarky conservative observation on social media about covering up Muslim crimes:
Authorities identified Artan as the attacker in a press conference this afternoon, but said they have not determined a motive and the investigation is ongoing. Sources told ABC News that he is a of Somali descent and is a legal permanent resident in the United States.
If the Facebook post is indeed from the attacker, I don’t see how you escape the conclusion that Islam isn’t at least partly responsible for this attack.
Check out our full coverage on the bloody attack here, and the hero cop who killed him here.