AL-SHABAAB ATTACK AT GARISSA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE KENYA
Garissa Students that was Slauthered in their Hostel
One of the Islamic extremists who attacked Garissa University College, Abdirahim Mohammed Abdullahi, was the son of a government chief in Mandera County, which borders Somalia, as reported by the Interior Ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka.
One of the Islamic extremists who attacked Garissa University College, Abdirahim Mohammed Abdullahi, was the son of a government chief in Mandera County, which borders Somalia, as reported by the Interior Ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka.
His father who is a chief, had reported his son missing last year and said he feared that he had gone to Somalia, said Njoka.
A graduate of the University of Nairobi
Abdullahi, who graduated from the University of Nairobi with a law degree in 2013 and viewed as a brilliant upcoming lawyer was one of the four gunmen that entered the Garissa campus on Thursday and slaughtered 148 students. It took more than 12 hours to stop the attack by killing the gunmen. Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamic militants claimed responsibility for the attack saying it was retribution for Kenya deploying troops to Somalia to fight the extremist rebels.
The family of the 20 years old man who are Muslim told news men that Abdirahim always criticized them about how they behaved and worshiped. At first, the parents thought he was just being a typical teenager, until he disappeared.
Abdirahim Mohammed Abdullahi
Abdirahim Mohammed Abdullahi
Al-shabaab recruitment in Kenya
Kenyans make up the largest number of foreign fighters in al-Shabaab, according to experts. Hundreds of Kenyan youths have trained with al-Shabaab and then have returned to Kenya, posing a major security threat, according to former police chief Mathew Iteere.
Kenya's government has said another source of instability is the refugee camps with more than 423,000 Somali refugees which as pose danger that comes not only from neighbouring Somalia but also from within Kenya.
Security response to the Garissa attack
Police waited for seven hours before sending a special tactical unit into Garissa college to fight the extremist gunmen, Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper reported Sunday. When the specially trained police unit finally went into the college campus it took them only 30 minutes to kill the four al-Shabaab gunmen and stop the siege, said the paper. Hence, people question the government for the police late arrival to the scene.