Nairobi, 3 Apr - (ANA) - The bodies of many of those killed by Islamist militants at a Kenyan university are being moved to the capital Nairobi for identification. At least 147 people died when al-Shabab militants stormed Garissa University in north-eastern Kenya, near Somalia. Four of the gunmen involved were killed by security forces.

Police in neighbouring Uganda say the country is on high alert after receiving information that Al-Shabab was planning a similar attack there. The mortuaries in Garissa have been unable to cope, and many of the students killed came from other parts of the country. The masked attackers rampaged through the campus at dawn on Thursday, shooting and shouting "we are al-Shabab". Questions are being asked about the university's security. One survivor, who hid in bushes for five hours, said that students had raised the issue at the end of last year, but only two armed guards had been provided. One of the few students from the local community, he said he would never set foot on the campus again. The heavily armed gunmen killed two security guards first, then fired indiscriminately at students, many of whom were still asleep in their dormitories. They singled out Christians and shot them, witnesses said. Eric Wekesa, a student at Garissa, told Reuters he locked himself in his room before eventually fleeing. "What I managed to hear from them is 'We came to kill or finally be killed.' That's what they said." Another survivor, Helen Titus, told the news agency AP that one of the first things the gunmen did when they assaulted the campus was head for the lecture hall, where Christian students were gathered for morning prayer. "They investigated our area. They knew everything," the 21-year-old said. While many of the survivors speak to the media, little is known so far about those who were killed. (ANA)

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