The anti-terrorist operation in the Kenyan town of Garissa, located 150 km from the border with Somalia, where militants attacked the Institute and took hostages, finished. Victims of the monstrous attacks were 147 students in high schools, and four security officers.
According to the Minister of internal Affairs of Kenya Joseph Nkaissery, more than 60 people were injured. Destroyed four terrorists, says Reuters. They belonged to the Somali group Al-Shabab, which is linked to al Qaeda. Immediately she took responsibility for the attack on the University.
After the incident in the school, the Kenyan authorities had taken the decision to implement in 4 districts stranded on the border with Somalia, curfew. It will run from 18:30 to 06:30 and will last until April 16.
Remember, early in the morning, gunmen broke into the campus Garissa University College and started shooting. The attack happened when most of the students living in hostels in the campus area, slept or took a shower. The major goal of this attack were the students are Christians. Attacked on purpose to find out, what is the religion of the students. Adept fighters claimed in his interview with "Bi-bi-si" that they have separated Christians from Muslims and let the followers of Islam.
Later in the afternoon Kenyan troops surrounded the school and as a result of battle drove the terrorists in one room. More than 500 students were rescued from captivity. According to the witnesses, location of the Institute were heard gunfire and explosions.
According to some reports, the attack was organized by the citizen of Kenya, a former mentor and the Director of the local school Mohammed Cuno. For the capture of Cuno, famous among other things for nicknames Sheikh Mohammed, Bladin and Hamadera assigned a reward of 55 thousand dollars. Since December Cuno hiding from law enforcement. They say that "Al-Shababa he is responsible for the sabotage against Kenya and applies its own family members to prepare for attacks in the North of the country.
Al-Shabab called the successor of the Union of Islamic courts, which was created in 2004. The organization seeks to create a community living under Sharia law, and has a view to achieve this method of Jihad.
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