7 things you need to know about Al-Shabaab’s attack on Kenyan college

by Kolapo Olapoju

On Thursday, April 2, over 147 people were killed in an attack by Al Qaeda-linked terror group Al-Shabaab on a Kenyan college, Garissa University.

Here are 7 things you need to know about the attack:

1. The Al Shabaab terrorists arrived the school at about 5 am and killed 2 security guards and burst into a Christian service and took hostages after which they  headed to the hostels and shot anyone in their way except Muslims. The attackers separated the students, allowing Muslims to leave and took Christian hostages.

 

2. Garissa University College, which has 815 students, was established in 2011 and is the only public university in the region. Garissa is about 145 kilometers (90 miles) from the border with Somalia.

 

3. The death toll is the highest in a terror attack on Kenyan soil since the U.S. Embassy was bombed in 1998. Over 200 people died in that attack in Nairobi.

 

4. According to the official Twitter account of Kenya’s National Disaster Operation Centre, a total of 147 people were killed. 79 people were reportedly injured and 587 people were evacuated.

 

5. The dangerously porous border between Somalia and Kenya has made it easy for Al-Shabaab militants to cross over and carry out attacks.

 

6. Sometime in March, the U.S. Embassy warned of possible attacks zthroughout Kenya in the near-term after the reported death of a key al-Shabaab leader, Adan Garaar. The warning said: “Although there is no information about a specific location in Kenya for an attack, U.S. citizens are reminded that the potential for terrorism exists.”

 

7. The incident was said to be successful due to police shortage and President Kenyatta has taken responsibility. I take full responsibility for this directive. We have suffered unnecessarily due to a shortage of security personnel. Kenya badly needs additional officers, and I will not keep the nation waiting.”

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