On November 28, 2016, a terrorist vehicle-ramming and stabbing attack occurred at Ohio State Universitys Watts Hall in Columbus, Ohio. The attacker, Somali refugee Abdul Razak Ali Artan, rammed his car into a group of people on the Columbus campus before exiting the car and charging at others with a knife. Eleven people were hospitalized as a result of the attack, and Artan was shot and killed by Ohio State Police Officer Alan Horujko after he failed to obey orders to stop. The attack was investigated as an act of terrorism, and law enforcement officials stated that Artan was inspired by terrorist propaganda from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the late radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

It is important to note that there have been other incidents at Ohio State University, but they are unrelated to the 2016 attack. For example, in August 2023, an Ohio State University wrestler was shot in an alleyway near campus. However, this incident is not related to the 2016 attack.