Al Shabaab threatens Kenya with more attacks, saying cities will 'run red with blood'
- 9 years ago
Al Shabaab militants have threatened Kenya with further attacks after Thursday’s university campus massacre, warning the country’s cities ‘will run red with blood’.
A statement by the Somali Islamist group also said: ‘No amount of precaution or safety measures will be able to guarantee your safety, thwart another attack or prevent another bloodbath from occurring in your cities.’
Kenya has made at least five arrests and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew near the porous border with Somalia following the rampage by masked al Shabaab gunmen that left at least 148 people dead, nearly all of them students.
Authorities are under pressure for not preventing the bloodshed at Garissa University College campus, some 200 km from the Somali border,despite apparent warnings of an attack. But tightened security measures come too late for those caught up in the massacre.
Amid fears the death toll will rise, survivors of the rampage have been speaking about their ordeal. During the 15 hour siege,
A statement by the Somali Islamist group also said: ‘No amount of precaution or safety measures will be able to guarantee your safety, thwart another attack or prevent another bloodbath from occurring in your cities.’
Kenya has made at least five arrests and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew near the porous border with Somalia following the rampage by masked al Shabaab gunmen that left at least 148 people dead, nearly all of them students.
Authorities are under pressure for not preventing the bloodshed at Garissa University College campus, some 200 km from the Somali border,despite apparent warnings of an attack. But tightened security measures come too late for those caught up in the massacre.
Amid fears the death toll will rise, survivors of the rampage have been speaking about their ordeal. During the 15 hour siege,