Kenya attack: 147 dead in Garissa University assault

[GennGreymane]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32169080

At least 147 people, mostly students, have been killed in an assault by al-Shabab militants on a university in north-eastern Kenya.
Heavily armed attackers stormed Garissa University early on Thursday, killing two security guards then firing indiscriminately on students.
Four of the gunman were eventually surrounded in a dormitory, and died when their suicide vests detonated.
It is the deadliest attack yet by al-Shabab.

The militants singled out Christians and shot them, witnesses said.
More than 500 students managed to escape, 79 of whom were injured. A fifth gunman has reportedly been arrested.
Kenyan soldiers and ambulance workers run as they prepare to evacuate students
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The students have all been evacuated now the siege has ended, Kenyan officials said
Eric Wekesa, a student at Garissa, told Reuters he locked himself in his room before eventually fleeing.
"What I managed to hear from them is 'We came to kill or finally be killed.' That's what they said."
"It was horrible, there was shooting everywhere," another student, Augustine Alanga told the BBC's Newsday programme
He said it was "pathetic" that the university was only guarded by two police officers.
Attack as it happened

A Kenyan soldier escorts a woman after she was rescued
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All students have been accounted for, said the authorities.
Nine critically injured students were airlifted to the capital Nairobi for treatment, disaster management officials said.
But each student had been accounted for by the end of the evacuation.
An overnight curfew has been implemented in Garissa and three other counties in Kenya.

How attack unfolded:
map of Garissa university
1. Militants enter the university grounds, two guards are shot dead
2. Shooting begins within the campus
3. Students attacked in their classrooms while preparing for exams
4. Gunmen believed isolated in the female dormitories
5. Some students make an escape through the fence

Who are al-Shabab?
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned what he called a "terrorist attack" and said the UN was ready to help Kenya "prevent and counter terrorism and violent extremism".

The United States said it was offering Nairobi assistance to take on al-Shabab and would continue to work with others in the region to take on the group.
The Kenyan government has named Mohamed Kuno, a high-ranking al-Shabab official, as the mastermind of the attack.
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Media captionPresident Uhuru Kenyatta: "This is a moment for everyone... to be vigilant"
Mr Kuno was headmaster at an Islamic school in Garissa before he quit in 2007.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta offered his condolences to families of the victims and ordered "urgent steps" to ensure police recruits could begin training immediately. "We have suffered unnecessarily due to shortage of security personnel," he said.
A photo uploaded by the Kenyan interior ministry a most wanted notice for Mohamed Kuno
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The government has placed a $217,000 bounty on Mohamed Kuno
Al-Shabab says it attacked the university because it is at war with Kenya, BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper reports.
Kenyan troops entered Somalia in October 2011 in an effort to stop the Islamists from crossing the long, porous border between the two countries and kidnapping people - but their presence achieved the opposite effect, provoking al-Shabab to increase its activity in Kenya, our correspondent adds.
The group was behind the Westgate shopping mall attack, when 67 people were killed.

[anveena]

This happened back in April.

[Jayburner]

Sickening to say the least.

[Deleted]

Oh look, more terrorism.
Remind me again, is Al shabaab a jewish, christian, hindoe or buddist group?

[Mahourai]

A tragedy nonetheless, but this happened on April 3rd, friend.

[Shadowspire]

This was months ago. What was the point of bringing this up?that Muslims attack everyone and everything?

[ParanoiD84]

Let me guess, islamic extremist group al shabab. Al shabab and boko haram needs to die horrible. Boko haram is much worse though killing thousands when they attack civilian towns, they have killed more people this year alone the the ebola virus. All a bounce of cowards.

[Pann]

Didn't this happen months ago?

[wowaccounttom]

i thought they all left to europe not kenya...

why arent countries closing their borders/.... s/hrug...

[Rukh]

Oh look, more terrorism.
Remind me again, is Al shabaab a jewish, christian, hindoe or buddist group?

I bet they were males to. Just goes to show you, you know.

[chase123]

LOL at OP trying to add fuel to the fire by posting old articles.

[Pann]

LOL at OP trying to add fuel to the fire by posting old articles.

Indeed, it seems a little tasteless to say the least.

[Independent voter]

Holy crap! Take a break ISIS for Pete's sake.

[Sliske]

Let me guess, was it the Jehovah's this time? Maybe it was a group of Japanese Atheists?

Oh, no. It was Muslims. What a surprise.

[Brangh]

GGT: Promoting discussing or trolling with 7 month old affairs and pointing out nothing new to discuss. Let's let the mods decide on the lifespan of this thread. If you want to point out how the death count is similar to yesterday's events but with less international attention, then actually do it instead of just linking to 7 month old articles.

[slime]

#BLM!
how could those bastards do this.

[Daita Tetsu]

I had taken this thread as making a statement about how little people cared when this happened in Kenya this year vs "happened in the civilized world to human beings" yesterday.

These major attacks seem like rare isolated incidents executed by a small group of people because we dont care about the parts of the world where this is commonplace

and why the fuck are people getting upset this was posted? Do we really need to protect islamic extremists from being given an unfair light?

Unfair biased news taken out of context and presented from a certain perspective to influence the consumer's opinion is mainstream. Compared to that standard, this post is top notch journalism

[Pann]

I had taken this thread as making a statement about how little people cared when this happened in Kenya this year vs "happened in the civilized world to human beings" yesterday.

These major attacks seem like rare isolated incidents executed by a small group of people because we dont care about the parts of the world where this is commonplace

and why the fuck are people getting upset this was posted? Do we really need to protect islamic extremists from being given an unfair light?

Perhaps the time to discuss it was when it happened back in April?

[infinitemeridian]

Old news, this was all over the news during the time, so I'm not sure what the point of this is.

[xskarma]

Let's not start posting old news please. Closing this.



CLOSED.