| 2015 Garissa University College attack | |
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| Part of terrorism in Kenya | |
  Location of Garissa Town in Kenya | |
| Location | Garissa, Kenya |
| Coordinates | 00°27′05″S 39°39′41″E / 0.45139°S 39.66139°E |
| Date | 2 April 2015 05:30 (local time) (UTC+03:00) |
| Target | Students |
Attack type | Hostage-taking, mass shooting |
| Weapons | AK-47s and explosive belts |
| Deaths | 148[1] |
| Injured | 79 |
| Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
| Motive | Kenyan participation in the AU Mission to Somalia |
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On 2 April 2015, gunmen stormed the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, killing 148 people,[1][2] and injuring at least 79. The militant groups Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab, which the gunmen claimed to belong to, took responsibility for the attack.[3] The gunmen took over 700 students hostage, freeing Muslims and killing those who identified as Christians. The siege ended the same day, when all four of the attackers were killed. Five men were later arrested in connection with the attack, and a bounty was placed for the arrest of a suspected organizer.
The attack was the deadliest in Kenya since the 1998 United States embassy bombings,[4] and is the second deadliest overall, with more casualties than the 2002 Mombasa attacks, the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack,[5] the 2014 Nairobi bus bombings, the 2014 Gikomba bombings, the 2014 Mpeketoni attacks and the 2014 Lamu attacks.
- ^ a b "Kenya al-Shabab attack: Security questions as Garissa dead mourned". BBC News. 3 April 2015. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "Death toll from Kenyan attack rises to 148". RTÉ.ie. 3 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Gettleman, Jeffrey; Kushkush, Isma'il; Callimachi, Rukmini (2 April 2015). "Somali Militants Kill 147 at Kenyan University". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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