The missing links in Kenya’s hostage rescue operations

Kenya: Hours after gruesome attack on Garissa University Collage on Thursday, 2nd April 2015, al Shabaab that described itself as a waging jihadists against ‘enemies’ of Islam – claimed the responsibility of killing over 70 Kenyans and still holding up an unknown number of students as hostages.

The attack occurred when gunmen invaded the university at around 5.30 am, killing two guards before proceeding to a lecture hall where members of Christian Union were conducting morning prayers. “There are usually four guards at the campus gates overnight,” Jackstone Kweyu, Dean of Students told Journalists. The attackers then proceeded to the hostels where they again mercilessly massacred the students on sight.