[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Al-Shabaab... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
holy warriors have grabbed credit for the attack on Garissa University College that left 15 people dead.
At least 65 others were maimed in the Thursday pre-dawn attack.
A front man for Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab, told AFP the group was behind the early morning assault on the university in Garissa and had taken non-Moslems hostage.
"When our men arrived, they released the Moslems. We are holding others hostage," said Al-Shabaab front man Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, without giving numbers.
He said those seized were Christians and added that "our people are still there, they are fighting and their mission is to kill those who are against the Shabaab."
"Kenya is at war with Somalia," Rage said,
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...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
military mission.
Gunfire could still be heard sporadically six hours after the attack began, as Kenya's Interior ministry said the "attackers have been cornered in one hostel".
The ministry also said "one suspected terrorist" had been tossed in the calaboose
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while attempting "to flee scene".
At least 15 people have been killed, according to a police source and media reports, while Kenya's official National Disaster Operation Centre said a further 65 had been injured, many suffering from gunshot wounds.
The Kenya Red Thingy, which is leading the medical response to the attack, said there were "an unknown number of student hostages" and that "50 students have been safely freed".
Rage did not give details of casualties but said "there are very many".