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Ohio State attack: Terrorism eyed as police seek more info

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Roula Allouch, board chair of the Council On American-Islamic Relations, left, speaks during a news conference regarding an earlier attack at the Ohio State University campus, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Dublin, Ohio. A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a knife Monday before he was shot to death by an officer. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (The Associated Press)

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, second from left, listens as Ohio State University President Michael Drake speaks during a news conference Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a knife Monday before he was shot to death by an officer. (AP Photo/Juile Smyth) (The Associated Press)

This undated image provided by the Ohio State University Police shows officer Alan Horujko. A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a knife Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, before he was shot to death by a police officer. The officer who gunned the attacker down was identified Horujko, a nearly two-year member of the force. (Ohio State University Police via AP) (The Associated Press)

Investigators are looking into whether a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University that injured 11 people was an act of terror.

Authorities say the attacker deliberately plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus Monday morning, and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife before he was fatally shot by a campus police officer.

The attacker has been identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan.

A motive is not known, but police say they're investigating whether it was a terrorist attack.

A U.S. official told The Associated Press Monday that Artan was born in Somalia and was a legal permanent U.S. resident. The official was not authorized to discuss the case and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Classes at Ohio State are scheduled to resume Tuesday.