Attack on Kenya university compound

Kenya's Garissa University College officially reopens, nine months after the killing of nearly 150 people, mainly students, in an attack by militant Islamist group al-Shabab.

The US Embassy in Nairobi said the attack was a show of “cowardice.” “We are saddened & angered by today’s terrorist attack at Garissa Univ. Our deepest condolences to family and friends of victims. “CowardsNeverWin,” the embassy posted on its Twitter account.

The number of people killed in an attack by al-Shabab Islamist militants on a university in north-eastern Kenya has risen to 147, government officials say.

Grief-stricken relatives go to identify bodies at a university in north-eastern Kenya where al-Shabab gunmen killed at least 147 people.

>At least 147 Kenyan students were massacred yesterday when Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants attacked a university, the interior minister said.

The University of Nairobi apologises after blaming "reckless" female students for becoming victims.

A university where Islamic extremists killed 148 people nine months ago reopened on Monday, an event welcomed by many Kenyans as a victory against the jihadis.

Gunmen raided a Kenya university before dawn Thursday, firing indiscriminately and taking hostages. At least 30 people were hospitalized from the attack at Garissa University College, the Kenyan Red Cross said. Local media reported varying death tolls, but CNN was unable to confirm the exact count. The Somali-based Al Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility. By 11 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET), six hours after the attack began, the fight to regain control of the university continued....

Two more people die after Sunday's attack on a church near the Kenyan port of Mombasa, officials say, taking the total number of deaths to six.