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Mother Of OSU Attacker Says Her Son Was Killed ‘For No Reason’
Western Journalism ^ | Dec. 2, 2016 | Blake Stephens

Posted on 12/04/2016 3:43:06 PM PST by Mr. Mojo

On Thursday, the mother of Somali-born Ohio State University student Abdul Razak Ali Artan said before his funeral that her son was killed for “no reason.”

The 18-year-old Artan drove his car into a crowd, exited the vehicle and proceeded to attack nearby students with a butcher knife before being fatally shot by campus police officer Alan Horujko, who was the first to arrive on the scene.

Artan was the only fatality in the attack, which left 11 people injured at the campus in Columbus, Ohio.

Ahmed Sh. Ahmed, the director of the Ibn Taymia Mosque and Islamic Center where the ceremony was held, recalled Artan’s mother in tears as she kissed the body of her son for a final time before his burial.

“She was crying, and said, ‘I love you, my son. I know they kill you for no reason,'” Ahmed said.

“I asked his mom yesterday, ‘Did you see any change, any kind of change?’ and she said, ‘No, everything was normal, everything was the same,’ Ahmed told WCMH-TV in Columbus.

Ahmed said relatives and those close to Artan perceived him to be a “nice young man” and “a good student.”

He said that Artan’s aunt told him her nephew “had a dream to be someone to help his community and serve his community.”

Artan worked at a Home Depot a few miles from his home. A customer of the store told the Columbus Dispatch that Artan seemed “very happy, very engaged in his work. Very polite.”

Monday morning prior to the attack, Artan purchased a knife at a Walmart, although authorities have not confirmed if it is the same knife used in the attack.

Columbus police and the FBI believe Artan was likely inspired by extremist propaganda, although they have not yet found a clear link between Artan and any terrorist groups.

A social media post made just hours before the attack and believed to have been written by Artan said, “I am sick and tired of my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters being killed everywhere.”

The post talks about reaching a “boiling point” after seeing Muslims being killed in Burma and and concludes with, “I can’t take it anymore.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society
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To: PghBaldy

Then the mother can eat s***.


81 posted on 12/04/2016 5:31:27 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Mr. Mojo

They kill 1.5 million Armenians and not a peep of remorse.

Islam never admits wrong. They are never at fault

Remember that.

The Muslim Brotherhood just burned 40 Christian churches in Egypt. Where is the international outcry.


82 posted on 12/04/2016 5:52:34 PM PST by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Well Mom, his chance at being a “repeat offender” or “Mad Mo martyr” have been drastically reduced ... so spend that bail and lawyer money on a 60” flat screen TV so you can educate yourself watching Billy Graham revival reruns.


83 posted on 12/04/2016 5:57:24 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Her son’s corpse should have been marinated in manure and fed to pigs.


84 posted on 12/04/2016 6:27:26 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Well....now we know his idiocy was inherited!!


85 posted on 12/04/2016 6:37:11 PM PST by ontap
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To: Mr. Mojo

The sad thing is, a lot of DemocRATS will agree with her.


86 posted on 12/04/2016 7:02:57 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Muzzlime Mama: I only wish we could kill him a dozen more times, each time a different way, like your heroes in ISIS. Your sheer gall in making your accusation merely serves to show how completely screwed up what passes for your mind is. You are making statements with a head full of Muzzlime muck for brains. We are absolutely thrilled to ignore you like the dog you are and cheer the slow decomp of the monster you raised.


87 posted on 12/04/2016 7:07:27 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: goodnesswins

Yes. Make that GO VIRAL. - I’ve lost my sense of humor real
fast when it comes to MOHAMMEDANISM. I learned all I wanted
to know about “Islam” on 9/11; and they’ve only made it
worse. (How this country could elect the MUSLIM OBAMA TWICE
is beyond me.)

Winston Churchill was as frank as could be about
“Mohammedanism”; and I guess that’s why HUSSEIN OBAMA
couldn’t stand to have the bust of Churchill in the Oval
Office.


88 posted on 12/04/2016 9:02:17 PM PST by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Yeah... because to them killing infidels is not a crime.


89 posted on 12/05/2016 6:03:54 AM PST by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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