Muslim Ohio Jihad Restaurant Attacker Was On FBI Watchlist 4 Years Ago. Police Say: "Lone Wolf". Family Say: "Nice Guy"

A machete-wielding man who stormed an Ohio restaurant and slashed diners at their tables had previously been investigated by the FBI over his radical Islamist views.

Mohamed Barry, 30, from the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, was shot dead by police during the rampage at Nazareth Restaurant and Deli, a Mediterranean restaurant owned by an Israeli man in Columbus, on Thursday.

Four people were injured in the attack and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital where they are expected to recover.

The FBI have joined the investigation as law enforcement officials warn that 'this incident has the hallmarks of the type of so-called 'lone wolf' terrorist attack that they have been working to stop,' CBS News reported.

Now it has been revealed Barry was investigated by the FBI four years ago over concerns about his radical Islamist views, NBC 4 reports.

The 30-year-old had moved from Guinea to the United States in 2000. Originally living in Philadelphia, he moved to Ohio two years ago to look for work, his uncle Mamadou told the channel.

He was just three weeks away from getting married when he carried out the horrific attack.

His family was left stunned by the attack.
'Everybody's surprised,' his uncle told NBC 4. 'The whole family's surprised.'

Mamadou, who declined to give his last name, described his nephew as a quiet, softly spoken man whom he had never seen get into a fight.

He added that he had never seen a glimpse of the side of a man who would storm into a restaurant and attack innocent diners.

But Hany Baransi , owner of Nazareth Restaurant and Deli, branded Barry 'a thug.'

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