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
![Paramedics help a student who was injured during an attack by Somalia's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab gunmen at Garissa University College, April 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/338c151e-6283-4935-8742-32ee79eb243e_cx0_cy6_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Paramedics help a student who was injured during an attack by Somalia's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab gunmen at Garissa University College, April 2, 2015.
![Kenyan police officers take cover outside Garissa University College during an attack by gunmen in Garissa, April 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/accfbd9a-cb6a-4a08-9676-4497653f8a4e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenyan police officers take cover outside Garissa University College during an attack by gunmen in Garissa, April 2, 2015.
![Kenyan police officers take positions during an attack by gunmen outside the Garissa University College as an ambulance carrying the injured are taken to the hospital, in Garissa, April 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/694fc7dc-e8e9-401a-9889-d877250fbe2e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenyan police officers take positions during an attack by gunmen outside the Garissa University College as an ambulance carrying the injured are taken to the hospital, in Garissa, April 2, 2015.
![A Kenyan Defense Forces tank travels on a road outside Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, April 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3ee45782-4c1f-419a-b69b-026230541f14_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Kenyan Defense Forces tank travels on a road outside Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, April 2, 2015.