On Thursday, Al-Shabab gunmen attacked Garissa University in northeastern Kenya, near the Somali border, killing at least 17 people and wounding 60 others, witnesses said.
Al-Shabab Gunmen Attack Kenya University
![Kenyan Muslims demonstrate against Thursday's attack and in solidarity with non-Muslims who were targeted, on a street in Garissa, Kenya, April 3, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10266539-63d7-4a56-81c2-0f214c7ff893_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenyan Muslims demonstrate against Thursday's attack and in solidarity with non-Muslims who were targeted, on a street in Garissa, Kenya, April 3, 2015.
![A student shields her face with a book at the main entrance of Garissa campus, the site of Thursday's attack by gunmen, in Garissa, April 3, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/db0a6a38-c7ee-4809-b905-08210424b33a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A student shields her face with a book at the main entrance of Garissa campus, the site of Thursday's attack by gunmen, in Garissa, April 3, 2015.
![Kenya Red Cross staff assist a woman after she viewed the body of a relative killed in Thursday's attack on a university, at Chiromo funeral home, Nairobi, Kenya, April 3, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/44c10c56-83e2-418e-9709-a2ee2d20de4a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenya Red Cross staff assist a woman after she viewed the body of a relative killed in Thursday's attack on a university, at Chiromo funeral home, Nairobi, Kenya, April 3, 2015.
![Kenyan Defense Force soldiers guard the main entrance of Garissa campus, the site of Thursday's attack by gunmen, in Garissa, April 3, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1e0740bd-524f-492d-8197-0cbc32e360a1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenyan Defense Force soldiers guard the main entrance of Garissa campus, the site of Thursday's attack by gunmen, in Garissa, April 3, 2015.