On Thursday, some Al-Shabab (Known to be from Somalia) gunmen attacked Garissa University which is located in Kenya. This is known to be the deadliest group attack in Eastern Africa.
The masked attackers – strapped with explosives and armed with AK-47s – singled out non-Muslim students at Garissa University College and then gunned them down without mercy, survivors said. Others ran for their lives with bullets whistling through the air.
Kenya’s northern and eastern regions near the Somali border have seen many attacks blamed on Al-Shabab. The group has vowed to retaliate against Kenya for dispatching troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight the militants following cross-border attacks.
Police identified a possible mastermind of the attack as Mohammed Mohamud, who is alleged to lead Al-Shabab’s cross-border raids into Kenya, and they posted a $220,000 bounty for him. Also known by the names Dulyadin and Gamadhere, he was a teacher at an Islamic religious school, or madrassa, and claimed responsibility for a bus attack in Makka, Kenya, in November that killed 28 people.
See the testimony of a one of the students below...