Machete-wielding man attacks restaurant, is shot and killed

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Police shot and killed a machete-wielding man who stormed an Ohio restaurant injuring four.

The man, who investigators have identified as Mohammad Barry, attacked patrons at Nazareth Restaurant and Deli, Thursday night, Feb. 11.

According to police, Barry walked into the restaurant, spoke with an employee and left. He returned about half an hour later and approached a man and a woman who were sitting just inside the door at a booth and started the attack.

Patrons tried to get the man to stop. Some even hurled chairs at Barry, who fled the scene in a white Toyota Corolla. Officers forced the man off the road a few miles away. When cops cornered him, the suspect lunged across the hood with a machete and knife in his hand.

Police tired a Taser gun to try to stop him unsuccessfully. They then fired their guns multiple times and fatally wounded him. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The FBI has joined in on the case. The motive for the attack still remains unclear but investigators have theories. They believe the attacker has a Somali background, and he may have traveled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in 2012.

They suspect the attack could be a "lone wolf" terrorist attack. Officials think he could have attacked the restaurant mistaking the owner Hany Baransi was of Jewish descent. He is actually an Arab Christian from Israel.

The investigation is still ongoing.

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