In late November following the Ohio State attack , President-elect Trump claimed the attacker was a " Somali refugee who should not have been in " the U.S . In early December he said the attack showed immigration security is national security when stating goals for his administration . The attacker injured 11 before he was killed by police . The attacker was a Somali-born refugee who spent seven years in Pakistan , the country from which he immigrated to the U.S. with his family on a refugee visa . The attacker was a legal permanent resident living in the U.S. reportedly inspired by but not in direct contact with ISIS . In an interview given for a feature in the Ohio State student newspaper approximately two months before the attack , the eventual attacker expressed fear about Donald Trump 's rhetoric toward Muslims and what it might mean for immigrants and refugees
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