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.



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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