Kenya Massacre: How Christian students were separated from Muslims before being massacred by Islamic terrorists

Kenya Massacres: How Christian and Muslim students were separated before being massacred by Islamic terrorists

More details of the massacre that killed an estimated 147 people and wounded scores of other christians at a Kenyan university on Thursday are emerging. In a jihadist attack that lasted for hours, the Islamic Al-Shabbab terrorists stormed a christian morning prayer and other parts of the Garrisa University. They carefully separated the Christians from the Muslims before slaughtering the Christians.
Many of the Christian students were beheaded. Winnie Njeri, one of those who escaped, told News24 Kenya: "We saw beheaded bodies when we escaped. It is very bad, they have killed many people." 

The Islamist terrorists burst into the university before dawn Thursday, shooting students and taking hostages during early morning prayer services. At one point, the attackers cornered a building in which 360 students live, but some of the students escaped, Nkaissery said.

Joel Ayora, who was on the campus and witnessed the attack, said gunmen burst into a Christian service. Taking hostages from the service, they then "proceeded to the hostels, shooting anybody they came across except their fellows, the Muslims."

The attackers separated students by religion, allowing Muslims to leave and keeping an unknown number of Christians hostage, Agence France-Presse reported.

"We were sleeping when we heard a loud explosion that was followed by gunshots and everyone started running for safety," student Japhet Mwala told AFP.

"There are those who were not able to leave the hostels where the gunmen headed and started firing. I am lucky to be alive because I jumped through the fence with other students."

The attack was the deadliest in Kenya in recent times. The death toll is the highest in a terror attack on Kenyan soil since the U.S. Embassy was bombed in 1998, were more than 200 people died in the Nairobi blast.  The attack was also deadlier than an Al-Shabaab attack on the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi in September 2013 that left 67 people dead.

Four of the gunmen were killed, officials said.

"This is a moment for everyone throughout the country to be vigilant as we continue to confront and defeat our enemies," Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said.

Kenyan authorities have posted a "Most Wanted" notice for a man in connection with the attack. The notice offers a reward of 20 million Kenyan shillings, which is about $215,000.

The name listed is Mohamed Mohamud, who also goes by the aliases Dulyadin and Gamadhere. "We appeal to anyone with any info on #Gamadhere to share with relevant authorities and security agencies," the Interior Ministry posted on Twitter.