Al-Shabab,
the Somali armed group that carried out a deadly attack on a Kenyan university
killing 148 people on Thursday, has threatened to stage more attacks in the
country.
In a
statement issued on Saturday, the group warned Kenyans that their cities will
"run red with blood".
"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," the statement read.
Four
al-Shabab fighters stormed the Garissa University College campus in what
appeared to be an extensively planned out attack, which the group says was to
avenge Kenya's involvement in Somalia.
Kenya's
interior ministry said the dead included 142 students, three policemen and
three soldiers.
Surviving
students have been taken to a military camp, waiting to be bussed home as the
university has been indefinitely closed.
Christine
Onyongo, one of the survivors said she had heard the attackers threatening
female students that they would be burnt. Women were then let out, holding
their hands up.
She said the
men were treated more harshly, "especially those who were arguing".
"They
were just slaughtering them," she said..
Like many
other students, Onyongo said she would not come back to Garissa.
"After
what I saw, not me - I can't come back."
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