--- description: Nearly 150 students were killed, and at least 79 others wounded, on Thursday after masked militants stormed the Garissa University College. title: Witness Scenes From the Kenya University Attack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2277feedd076aff0/698786820b72e35a566de7c9/kenya-alshabaab-garissa-4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Witness Scenes From the Kenya University Attack by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 8:50 PM CUT  Kenyan soldiers prepare to sweep a building at Garissa University College after gunmen attacked the campus, in northeastern Kenya, on April 2, 2015. 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 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 8:50 PM CUT 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](http://time.com/3768749/kenya-alshabaab-garissa/ "undefined") to the Associated Press, “you were shot on the spot.” _Read next:_ [_Christians Hunted Down as al-Shabaab Kill 147 in Kenya_](http://time.com/3768749/kenya-alshabaab-garissa/ "undefined")  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—EPA  Students of Garissa University College take shelter in a vehicle after fleeing from an attack on the campus, in northeastern Kenya, on April 2, 2015. AP  A 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—EPA  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  Medics 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. AP  A 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 Images  Students 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 Images  Members 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. 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