ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS OHIO STATE TERRORIST WAS “A SOLDIER”: He probably had no direct contact with ISIS. His deluded mind obviously had direct contact with militant Islamist ideology.

The claim issued by Amaq news agency makes no suggestion that the assailant, Abdul Razak Artan, had been in direct contact with the group or was formally affiliated with the organization, according to a transcript of the report provided by SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors radical organizations.

Amaq is the Islamic State’s propaganda arm.