17 Reported Dead & Many Injured As Al Shabaab Terrorists Invades University In Kenya

Al Shabaab Islamic terrorists in their numbers attacked Garissa University College in Kenya today, Thursday, firing gunshots sporadically and taking hostages. BBC Africa has confirmed that 17 people are dead, and many have been hospitalized. The attack began at 5 a.m. local time, and by about 11 a.m, Kenyan forces had already made significant progress in the fight to regain control of the university.
According to the Interior Ministry, Kenyan forces had cleared three of the four dormitories invaded, and had cornered the militants in the last one, as of the time of this report.

Garissa is located approximately 145 kilometres (90 miles) from the Somalian border.

According to reports, Al-Shabaab militants have frequently attacked Kenya ever since the government deployed troops across the border to fight them.