4 still hospitalised after attack at ohio state

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the attack at the Ohio State University campus (all times local):
10:05 a.m.
Ohio State University says it will hold a vigil on campus as a way to begin healing after a car-and-knife attack on campus injured 11 people.
A student lights a candle inside a cross during a vigil at Jacob's Porch, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. 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 butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. (Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
The event Tuesday night will take place at the university's former basketball arena.
Classes, meanwhile, have resumed after the attack Monday morning that investigators say was carried out by Abdul Razak Ali Artan, an OSU student born in Somalia.
Police say they're investigating whether it was a terrorist attack.
The area of campus where the assailant's car plowed into a group of pedestrians before he began stabbing people was quiet and mostly empty Tuesday morning.
There were few signs of where the attack happened.
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9 a.m.
Officials say four of the 11 victims taken to hospitals after a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State in Columbus remain hospitalized.
A spokeswoman says two of the six people treated for injuries at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center remain hospitalized Tuesday.
A spokesman for OhioHealth Grant Medical Center and OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital says the three people taken to Grant were discharged Monday afternoon and the two victims taken to Riverside Methodist remain in fair condition Tuesday morning.
Authorities have said OSU student Abdul Razak Ali Artan purposely plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus Monday morning and then got out of his vehicle and began stabbing people with a butcher knife. He was fatally shot by a campus police officer.
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2 a.m.
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.



Guests stand for a moment after lighting their candles during a vigil at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. 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 butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. (Jonathan Quilter/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Ohio State University president Michael Drake, second from left, and Dr. Andrew Thomas, chief medical officer at the Wexner Medical Center, walk toward a press briefing following an attack on campus on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 outside the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Nine people were hospitalized after a man ran into pedestrians with his car then exited his vehicle and began cutting victims with a butcher knife. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch) /The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

This August 2016 image provided by TheLantern.com shows Abdul Razak Ali Artan in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities identified Abdul Razak Ali Artan as the Somali-born Ohio State University student who 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 an officer. (Kevin Stankiewicz/TheLantern.com via AP)

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)
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)

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)
Louann Carnahan, a neighbor of a suspect police are investigating into an earlier attack at Ohio State University campus, speaks during an interview, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A car inside a police line sits on the sidewalk as authorities respond to an attack on campus at Ohio State University, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. Several were injured after a man plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at the university and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. ¿(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Police stand guard outside a residence of interest during their investigation into an earlier attack at the Ohio State University campus, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Police stand guard outside a residence of interest as a neighbor exits his home during their investigation into an earlier attack at the Ohio State University campus, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Police stand guard outside a residence of interest during their investigation into an earlier attack at the Ohio State University campus, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Police stand guard outside a residence of interest during their investigation into an earlier attack at The Ohio State University campus, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Columbus police chief Kim Jacobs, center, speaks at a press conference outside the Wexner Medical Center following an attack on the campus of Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. Nine people were hospitalized after a man ran into pedestrians with his car then exited his vehicle and began cutting victims with a butcher knife. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)


Student Nicholas Flores reacts to an attack on the campus of Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
Students gather near the scene of an attack on the campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

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