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Another terrorist attack

SnowPink — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:00:34 GMT

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gunmen-kill-more-than-70-at-university-in-kenya/ar-AAakMev?ocid=ansnewsap11

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Al-Shabab gunmen stormed a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing more than 70 people in the group's bloodiest attack in the East African country, officials said. Four of the gunmen were killed by security forces.

In the attack, which turned into a hostage siege that continued into the evening at Garissa University College, masked militants separated Christian students from Muslims, and then gunned them down without mercy, survivors said. Others ran for their lives with bullets whistling through the air, and hundreds of students remained unaccounted for more than 11 hours after the bloodshed began.

At least 79 people were wounded at the school 145 kilometers (90 miles) from the Somali border by the al-Qaida linked group, said Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery, who gave the death toll of more than 70. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was ordered in Garissa and three nearby counties...

Re: Another terrorist attack

SnowPink — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:01:27 GMT

Kenyan security officials at the scene of an attack by Islamic extremists on a college in northeast Kenya say the security operation to free hostages is over and that the death toll may be as high as around 150. Dozens of hostages were freed, they said, with four of the gunmen killed. The gunfire has ended, according to Associated Press reporters near the scene.

Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery said gave the death at 70 but conceded that it could go higher. Police officials who could insisted on anonymity because they are not authorized to speak with the press said the toll could be as high as about 150

One Kenyan police source said there were 147 dead and another police source said 160. A third source put the death toll at around 80 but said there were so many bodies that he could not do a proper count as night fell with no electrical power to light the scene.

Re: Another terrorist attack

Luv2Decorate — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:22:46 GMT

I heard about this attack this morning. It's horrible the Al Qaeda-linked terror group Al-Shabaab has to be stopped.

Re: Another terrorist attack

Tyak — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:34:16 GMT

I hate to say, what else is new....but, what else is new?