[Richard]

Doesn't sound like a jihadi to me - and no society or religion has ever had a monopoly on crazies.

Richard's $.02

OSU Stabbing Victim Discusses Attack

An Ohio State University student who was stabbed earlier this week outside her north side apartment said Thursday that she was surprised her alleged attacker was released from a mental health facility.

Rachel Decker spoke with 10TV's Maureen Kocot from her hospital bed.

Decker said that she was hurrying out the back door of her Stinchcomb Drive apartment to catch a bus that would take her to class when a man wearing a red sweatshirt came charging at her.

"He was just sprinting straight at me and he was screaming," Decker said.

The Ohio State junior said that she did not notice a knife in the man's hand until he pulled it out of her stomach.

"It kind of went in and came out," Decker said. "That's when I saw a blade and he kept running. He just kept sprinting."

Decker and a witness identified Wael Wajih Kalash, 34, as her attacker. He was charged with felonious assault.

Court records showed that police arrested Kalash in 2002 for assault on a police officer. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and received treatment at the Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare facility, Kocot reported.

In 2007, doctors told the courts that Kalash no longer required treatment and was released.

Investigators said that Kalash was more interested in discussing politics than the stabbing when they interrogated him.

"All he wanted to talk about (was) how the U.S. government is poisoning him since his arrival here in the United States in the mid-1990s," said Columbus police Detective Pat Dorn.

Decker said that she believes Kalash's early release was a mistake.

"Even when he's locked up now, I still think, 'Who else could he have hurt in this time? If they hadn't gotten him, who else would he have hurt?'" Decker said.

In late 2006, doctors told the courts that Kalash was taking his medication and posed no behavior problems. Since his release, he has stayed out of trouble with the law, Kocot reported.

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