Summary

  • Al-Shabab gunmen storm Kenyan university

  • At least 70 dead and 79 injured

  • Unknown number of hostages seized

  • 500 students rescued

  • Garissa university, 150km from Somali border, sealed off

Live Reporting

Lucy Fleming, Clare Spencer and Farouk Chothia

  1. Gunfire

    The BBC's Bashkas Jugsooda'ay in Garissa, which is about 150km (90 miles) from the Somali border, says gunfire can still be heard.

    A huge crowd has gathered outside the campus and the security forces are trying to stop people searching for friends and relatives from getting inside.

    Our correspondent says most other residents are staying indoors and businesses are shut.

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  2. Campus surrounded

    At dawn this morning in north-eastern Kenya, masked gunmen stormed a university in Garissa, killing at least two security guards and injuring about 30 people. Troops have surrounded Garissa University College and are currently engaging the attackers.

    enya Defence Forces soldiers move behind a thicket in Garissa town in this photograph taken from a mobile phone 2 April 2015Reuters

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