
Five men were charged today in connection with an attack by Somalia Islamic gunmen on Garissa university in northeast Kenya that killed 148 students.The assault on Garissa University on April 2,in which gunmen from Somalia's al Shabaab group stormed in and sought to kill christian students,has piled pressure on President Uhuru Kenyata to do more to secure the border and other regions.A source said that the effects of the assault are still being felt county,where almost two third of schools have had to shut down because students,many from other regions,are not willing to go to work there anymore.Four men from Kenya and one from Tanzania were charged in court for conspiring to commit ''A Terrorist act at Garissa university college'' and other related offences.They are the fist people to face formal charges over the attack.The Chief magistrate Daniel Ogembo told the Nairobi court that a hearing would be held on July 11 to rule on whether to grant bail to the men accused of involvement in the attack.The attack is the worst,since al-Qaeda bombed the US embassy in Kenya 1998.One more photo below.
Comments
Post a Comment