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Al-Sahaba attack on Kenyan University: Death toll reaches 147, several injured

GARISSA: Death toll reached following a merciless attack on a north-eastern university by al-Shabab militants in Kenya.

According to reports, Heavily armed attackers stormed Garissa University early on Thursday, killing two security guards then firing indiscriminately on students which killed 147 people, mostly students.

More than 500 students managed to escape, 79 of whom were injured. A fifth gunman has reportedly been arrested.

Four of the attackers has been killed in 18 hours long operation.

Eric Wekesa, a student at Garissa, told Reuters he locked himself in his room before eventually fleeing.

“What I managed to hear from them is ‘We came to kill or finally be killed.’ That’s what they said.”

“It was horrible, there was shooting everywhere,” another student, Augustine Alanga told the BBC’s Newsday programme

He said it was “pathetic” that the university was only guarded by two police officers

Nine critically injured students were airlifted to the capital Nairobi for treatment, disaster management officials said.

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