Ohio State University attack: Malaysian students safe
Police keep the roads closed around Watts Hall following an attack on the campus of the Ohio State University on November 28, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. - Kirk Irwin/Getty Images/AFP
Malaysian students are reported to be safe following the attack at Ohio State University in United States on Monday, says Education Malaysia Washington DC.
American media outlets reported that a student crashed his vehicle onto the sidewalk at the Columbus, Ohio, campus before slashing students with a butcher knife and was later fatally shot by a campus police officer.
"All 296 Malaysian students are safe," assured the education office.
Eleven people are being treated at a hospital, with one in critical condition, according to American media.
It was reported that the alleged attacker was a university student of Somali descent. -- Bernama
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