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Thursday 02 Apr 2015 - 23:14 Makkah mean time-13-6-1436  Garissa, Kenya (IINA) - At least 147 people have been killed after Kenyan troops cleared a university dormitory in the town of Garissa in northeast Kenya that had been seized by Al-Shabab gunmen, police said. Members of the Somalia-based group attacked the campus after dawn on Thursday and were holed up in a dormitory with hostages until the evening. Security forces had encircled the building exchanging sporadic bursts of gunfire with the fighters inside, who were believed to have been holding scores of students hostage, Al Jazeera reported. A female student who escaped the hostage drama said there were more bodies than she could count, while another student said he had seen more than 100 bodies. Kenyan officials said four attackers had been killed and another had been arrested. Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said the lack of security infrastructure had contributed to the crisis. "We have suffered unnecessarily due to a shortage of security personnel. Kenya needs additional officers, and I will not keep the nation waiting," he said. The country's interior ministry announced a twelve hour curfew starting at 6.30pm in Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, and Tana River counties. Earlier, the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab group said their gunmen were holding Christian hostages inside the complex in revenge for Nairobi's troops fighting in Somalia. HA/IINA |
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