Kenya reels from Garissa al-Shabaab attack
Al-Shabaab militants killed 148 people April 2, 2015 at Garissa University College, near the border with Somalia, in the worst terror attack in Kenya since the U.S. embassy bombing in 1998 in Nairobi.
As Kenya mourns the the dead students Kenyans face a growing sense of insecurity as well as anger against the government's inability to protect them.
A woman holds a rose as she prays during a memorial vigil for the victims of the al-Shabab attack at Garissa University College, at the "Freedom Corner" in Kenya's capital, Nairobi April 7, 2015.
Candlelight vigil for victims
Kenyans attend a memorial vigil for the victims of the April 2nd attack by al-Shabab gunmen at Garissa University College that left 148 dead at the "Freedom Corner" in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, April 7, 2015.
The al Qaeda-linked group, the same one responsible for the Westgate mall attack in 2013, said the attack was in reprisal for Kenya sending troops into Somalia. The group also promised it won't be the last, making a public statement saying "Kenyan cities will run red with blood."
Candlelight vigil for victims
Wooden crosses are displayed, symbolizing the victims of the April 2nd attack by al-Shabab gunmen at Garissa University College, at the "Freedom Corner" in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, April 7, 2015.
Kenyan university students marched in the capital on Tuesday to demand more security from the government after gunmen killed nearly 150 people at a campus in the eastern town of Garissa last week. A citizens group planned to hold a vigil in Nairobi's main park later in the evening, tapping growing public frustration over security in the wake of the attack claimed by al Shabaab Islamists based in neighbouring Somalia.
Vigil for students killed
A woman holds a candle as she walks past wooden crosses placed in the ground, to symbolize the students killed by gunmen at Garissa University College, during a memorial vigil at the "Freedom Corner" in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, April 7, 2015.
Kenyan university students marched in the capital on Tuesday to demand more security from the government after gunmen killed nearly 150 people at a campus in the eastern town of Garissa last week.
Kenyan students demonstrate
Kenyan university students participate in a demonstration over the April 2nd attack by al-Shabab gunmen at the Garissa University College campus, in Nairobi, April 7, 2015.
The al Qaeda-linked group, the same one responsible for the Westgate mall attack in 2013, said the attack was in reprisal for Kenya sending troops into Somalia. The group also promised it won't be the last, making a public statement saying "Kenyan cities will run red with blood."
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Kenyan university students participate in a demonstration over the April 2nd attack by gunmen at the Garissa University College campus, in Nairobi, April 7, 2015.
Public frustration over poor security in the wake of the terrorist attack is growing.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A policeman carries his gun as he walks past Kenyan university students demonstrating over the April 2nd attack by gunmen at the Garissa University College campus, along the streets of the capital Nairobi, April 7, 2015.
The students showed their anger against the lack of security provided by the government.
Kenyan students mourned
Christians pray April 5, 2015 at Uhuru Garden in Nairobi to celebrate Easter Sunday and to remember the victims of the recent northeastern Garissa University attack.
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Kenyan students mourned
Worshipers pray at an Easter service in the All Saints' Cathedral in Nairobi in Kenya, April 5, 2015, mourning the massacre of 148 students April 2 in the northeastern town of Garissa.
Kenyans prayed for unity at the start of three days of national mourning for those murdered in the university massacre.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Catholic faithful join an Easter Sunday service at a Catholic church in Garissa, Kenya, April 5, 2015.
Kenya began three days of official mourning Sunday for the victims of the attack on Garissa University College.
Kenyan students mourned
Hundreds gather for an Easter service at the All Saints' Cathedral in Nairobi April 5, 2015, mourning the victims of the country's worst terror attack since the U.S. embassy bombing in 1998.
Al-Shabab kill 148
A church security man searches a boy for weapons before an Easter Sunday service in front of a Catholic church in Garissa, Kenya, April 5, 2015.
Kenya launched air strikes against al-Shabaab Islamic militants in Somalia on Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning, following the extremist attack on the college a military spokesman said.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Kenya Red Cross workers help a relative at the Chiromo Mortuary in Nairobi April 5, 2015 after she saw bodies of the students killed in Thursday's April 2 attack by gunmen.
The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed 148 people according to the interior ministry said on Sunday.
Kenyan students mourned
In Nairobi's Nyayo Stadium, a man is overcome with grief after learning that a relative was killed by Somalia's al-Shabaab militants during the siege on the Garissa University College campus in Kenya, April 5, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Rescued Garissa University students wait to meet their relatives after arriving at Nyayo stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi, Saturday, April 4, 2015, after Thursday's attack by gunmen on their campus in Garissa.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A man reacts after seeing his son in Nairobi, who was rescued from the Garissa University College attack in Garissa, Kenya, April 4, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Paramedics carry a rescued Garissa University student for treatment after he arrived at Nyayo stadium in Nairobi to meet relatives, April 4, 2015.
Kenyans' anger over the attack is growing after reports that it took nearly ten hours for the anti-terror squad to reach the campus.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A Garissa University College student cries after arriving at Nyayo stadium to meet her relatives April 4, 2015 in Kenya's capital, after Thursday's attack by gunmen at their campus in Garissa.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Policemen guard the bus ferrying rescued students from Garissa University College as it arrives at Nyayo stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi April 4, 2015.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that those behind an attack in which al-Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people at a university were "deeply embedded" in Kenya and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prevent radicalization.
The stadium is now a crisis center, manned by the Red Cross, for families to find out whether their relatives are alive or dead.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Rescued Garissa University College students sit inside a bus as they arrive at Nyayo stadium to meet their relatives in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, April 4, 2015.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that those behind an attack in which al-Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people at a university were "deeply embedded" in Kenya and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prevent radicalization.
Kenyan students killed by al-Shabaab
A woman in Nairobi April 4 reacts to learning her son survived the Garissa University College April 2.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday, April 4 ,that those behind an attack, in which al-Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people, were "deeply embedded" in Kenya, and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prevent radicalization.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A Garissa University College student rests on a mattress at a temporary shelter April 3, 2015 as he waits for relocation a day after the attack by gunmen on the campus in Garissa, Kenya.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A family member needs assistance after visiting the Chiromo Mortuary, where bodies of students killed in Thursday's attack by gunmen are being kept in Nairobi, April 6, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Mortuary attendants assisted by Red Cross staff move bodies of students into the Chiromo Mortuary in Nairobi, April 3, 2015 killed in Thursday's attack by gunmen.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A rescued Garissa University College student receives treatment after arriving at Nyayo stadium to meet her relatives in Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 4, 2015.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that those behind an attack in which al-Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people at a university were "deeply embedded" in Kenya and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prevent radicalization.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Abandoned shoes lie next to the Elgon A hostel inside the Garissa University College compound after last week's attack by al-Shabaab gunmen, in Garissa, Kenya, April 6, 2015.
Kenya launched air strikes against al-Shabaab Islamic militants in Somalia on Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning, following the extremist attack on the college that killed 148 people, a military spokesman said.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Women fall in the dust after a policeman stops a crowd running towards bodies of suspected Garissa University College attackers in a school compound in Garissa, Kenya, April 4, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Plainclothes policemen stand in front of a crowd which came to see the bodies of suspected Garissa University College attackers in a school compound in Garissa, Kenya, April 4, 2015.
All four gunmen were killed.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Morgue workers drive a vehicle with bodies of the suspected Garissa University College attackers at a school compound in Garissa, Kenya, April 4, 2015.
All four gunmen were killed in the attack. The son of a Kenyan government official was identified by authorities as one of the gunmen.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A crowd looks at bodies of the suspected Garissa University College attackers in a school compound in Garissa, Kenya, April 4, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Kenyan Defense Force soldiers guard the entrance to the general hospital where survivors and the injured are after Thursday's attack by gunmen at a university campus, in Garissa April 3, 2015. Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people on Thursday, in the worst attack on Kenyan soil since the U.S. embassy was bombed in 1998.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A morgue worker stands in front of a room with bodies of suspected Garissa University College attackers in a morgue in Garissa, Kenya, April 4, 2015.
Al_Shabab kill 148 students
A man looks through a window at the Garissa morgue at bodies of suspected Garissa University College attackers, April 4, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Bodies of suspected Garissa University College attackers are seen in a morgue in Garissa, Kenya April 4, 2015.
The death toll in an assault by Somali militants on Garissa University College rose to 148 as anger grew among local residents over what they say as a government failure to prevent bloodshed.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Garissa University students at a temporary shelter wait for relocation after Thursday's attack by gunmen at their campus in Garissa April 3, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Rescued Garissa University College students arrive at Nyayo stadium to meet their relatives in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, April 4, 2015, after Thursday's attack by gunmen at their campus in Garissa.
Al-Shabab kill 148 Kenyan students
Paramedics help a student injured during an attack by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab gunmen on the Garrissa University College campus in Garissa, Kenya, April 2, 2015.
The killing of 148 students was the deadliest attack in the country since the U.S. embassy bombing in 1998.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
At Nyayo stadium in Nairobi, people react to finding their relative (C), who survived the Garissa University College attack, April 4, 2015, following Thursday's seige by al-Shabaab gunmen in Garissa.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Kenyan Defense Force soldiers guard the entrance to the general hospital where survivors and the injured are after Thursday's attack by gunmen at a university campus, in Garissa, Kenya, April 3, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Hostages are escorted out of Garissa University Colleg after Kenya Defense Force soldiers ended a siege by gunmen on the campus in the northeastern town of Garissa, April 2, 2015.
Kenyan Defense Forces
Kenyan Defense Force soldiers run towards the Garissa University College campus after an attack by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shebab gunmen in Garissa, April 2, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A Kenya Defense Force soldier keeps residents at bay to prevent them from moving in the direction where attackers are holding up at Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, April 2, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
A Kenya Defense Force soldier takes cover near the perimeter wall where attackers are holding up at Garissa Univsity College in Garissa, April 2, 2015.
Al-Shabab kill 148 students
Kenya Defense Force soldiers arrive at Garissa University College in Garissa, April 4, 2015.