Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab said their gunmen were holding Christian hostages after attacking a Kenyan university today in an ongoing assault in revenge for Nairobi's troops fighting in Somalia.
The gunmen divided students at the northeastern Garissa University between Muslims and non-Muslims, letting the Muslim students go, insurgent spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage told AFP by telephone.
"Kenya is at war with Somalia.. our people are still there, they are fighting and their mission is to kill those who are against the Shebab," Rage said.
He did not give details on the number of casualties but said "there are very many."
At least two people were killed and 30 suffered gunshot wounds.
At midday, Kenyan troops had surrounded the campus, with the interior ministry saying that the "attackers have been cornered in one hostel."
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