Kenyan soldiers prepare to sweep a building at Garissa University College after gunmen attacked the campus, in northeastern Kenya, on April 2, 2015.Dai Kurokawa—EPA
At least 147 people were killed, and 79 others wounded, on Thursday after masked al-Shabaab militants stormed a dormitory complex on the Garissa University College campus. More than 500 students were rescued, according to the Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre. “If you were a Christian,” one student recalled to the Associated Press, “you were shot on the spot.”
A Kenyan soldier takes position as a heavy gunfight continues in front of Garissa University College, in northeastern Kenya, on April 2, 2015.Dai Kurokawa—EPAStudents of Garissa University College take shelter in a vehicle after fleeing from an attack on the campus, in northeastern Kenya, on April 2, 2015.APA woman reacts as she is rescued from where she had been held hostage after militants rampaged Garissa University College, in northeastern Kenya, on April 2, 2015.Dai Kurokawa—EPAKenyan soldiers prepare to sweep a building at Garissa University College after gunmen attacked the campus, in northeastern Kenya, on April 2, 2015.Dai Kurokawa—EPAMedics help an injured person at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi after being airlifted from the site of an attack at Garissa University College, in northeastern Kenya, on April 2, 2015.APA Kenya Defence Forces soldier stands guard before the siege by gunmen at Garissa University College, in northeastern Kenya, ends on April 2, 2015.Carl de Souza—AFP/Getty ImagesStudents evacuated from Garissa University College listen to an address by Interior Minister for Security Joseph Ole Nkaissery before they are transported to their home regions from a holding area on April 3, 2015.Carl de Souza—AFP/Getty ImagesMembers of Kenya's police force look out from the back of a truck as it enters the university campus of the northeastern town of Garissa on April 3, 2015.Carl de Souza—AFP/Getty Images
