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Up to 150 killed in Kenyan university massacre following al-Shabaab Easter Week raid: Terrorists ‘behead’ Christian students in worst attack in country in 17 years
- Gunmen stormed the campus of Kenya's Garissa University in dawn raid
- The death toll has risen to 147, country's disaster response agency said
- Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the latest terrorist atrocity in Kenya
- Some Christians were beheaded and four terrorists have been killed
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The attack is believed to be the worst terrorist attack on Kenyan soil since the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi in 1998 which killed more than 200 people.
The terrorists stuck mid-way through Holy Week, the most solemn period in the Christian calendar. Tonight, the Christian students were planning to celebrate the Last Supper in preparation for Good Friday.
Kenyan security officials said one of the terrorists was arrested after he tried to escape the compound.
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They have also offered a $220,000 bounty for Mohammed Mohamud, known as Dulyadin, alias Gamadhere, who they suspect of masterminding the attack.
Kenyan intelligence officials believe that Mohamud is in charge of al-Shabaab's external operations against the country.
He is believed to have spent time teaching in a hard-line madrassa before becoming a senior member of the Somali terror organisation.
He claimed responsiblity for an earlier attack in Makka, Kenya, on November 22, 2014, when 28 people were murdered.
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Student Omar Ibrahim told News24 Kenya: 'I was in a group that was saved by the KDF (Kenya Defence Forces) just after 1pm.
'We saw many many bodies, some did not have heads. I don't know why someone would do such a thing.'
Eye-witness Collins Wetangula, the vice chairman of the student union, said he was preparing to take a shower when he heard gunshots coming from Tana dorm, which hosts both men and women, 150 yards away.
The campus has six dormitories and at least 887 students, he said.
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