BOSTON: The Islamic State has claimed the Minnesota mall attacker as “a soldier” for the terrorist group, while the FBI confirmed it is investigating the stabbings of nine people as a possible act of terrorism.

Authorities had not declared New York City’s Chelsea pressure-cooker bombing or a pipe-bomb blast in New Jersey to be terrorism — to the frustration of many residents. But after the mass killings by Islamic State-inspired terrorists in Orlando, Florida, and San Bernardino, California, as well as the major attacks in France and Belgium, it’s clear we are in the middle of an ongoing ISIS offensive, security experts say.

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