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    At least 70 killed when Islamist terrorists target Christians at Kenyan university.

    http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/02/africa...ersity-attack/

    70 killed when Islamist terrorists target Christians at Kenyan university


    (CNN)Latest developments:

    ?12:09 p.m.: Seventy people were killed and 79 others were wounded in the Al-Shabaab terror attack on Garissa University College in Kenya, the Kenya National Disaster Operation Center said Thursday. More than 500 students have been rescued, the center added. The school has 815 students. All staff has been accounted for, officials said.

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    Islamist gunmen burst into a Kenyan university before dawn Thursday, shooting students and taking hostages in a terror attack that left 70 dead, Kenyan officials said.

    Two attackers were killed in the ongoing security operation, and one was arrested, authorities said.

    More than 500 of the 815 students are accounted for at Garissa University College, the Kenya National Disaster Operation Center said. Staff members are accounted for as well.

    The Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the assault.

    "This is a moment for everyone throughout the country to be vigilant as we continue to confront and defeat our enemies," Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said.

    The attackers cornered a building in which 360 students live, but some of the students escaped, Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery said.

    Joel Ayora, who was on the campus and witnessed the attack, said gunmen burst into a Christian service. Taking hostages from the service, they then "proceeded to the hostels, shooting anybody they came across except their fellows, the Muslims."

    The attackers separated students by religion, allowing Muslims to leave and keeping an unknown number of Christians hostage, Agence France-Presse reported.

    "We were sleeping when we heard a loud explosion that was followed by gunshots and everyone started running for safety," student Japhet Mwala said.

    "There are those who were not able to leave the hostels where the gunmen headed and started firing. I am lucky to be alive because I jumped through the fence with other students."

    Eventually, as many as 50 students were freed, and at least 65 people were hospitalized from the attack, the Kenyan Red Cross said.

    Nine hours after the attack began, heavy gunfire and explosions continued, said Dennis Okari of CNN affiliate NTV.

    Okari said he was told to take cover as hundreds of students fled, some crawling.

    Kenyan forces cleared three of four dormitories and had cornered the militants in the last one, the Interior Ministry said.

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