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A man who injured nine people, one critically, in a rampage on Monday morning at Ohio State University was of Somali descent, say US officials.

Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, rammed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus then got out and began stabbing people before police shot him dead.

Police Chief Kim Jacobs said they were investigating whether it was a terrorist attack.

Somali-born Artan was living in the US as a legal permanent resident, unnamed officials told AP news agency.

Law enforcement officials quoted by NBC News said the attacker had left Somalia with his family in 2007, and lived in Pakistan before resettling two years ago in the US.

Asked at a news conference whether it could have been a terrorist act, Police Chief Jacobs said: "I think we have to consider that it is."

He added: "Obviously with the purposeful intent that was noticed - driving on the sidewalk - we're going look at it from the potential that it was planned."

he update comes after police scanner audio initially identified the owner of ’02 Honda used during the attack as Mohammed, an OSU student residing at 353 Nationwide Blvd.

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Nevertheless a report via NBC News told of others identifying the suspect as 18-years-old man, Abdul Razak Ali Artan an OSU student and Somali refugee.