There is something very wrong with the attacks on Garissa University College campus. The university was primarily Christian in a strongly Muslim region. Even students claiming to be Muslim to save their own lives had been given a chance to prove it by reciting a Muslim prayer. There is no doubt this is an attack that can be called ethnic cleansing. Some of the students worried about an attack and resolved they would be okay due to a nearby security headquarters. The few survivors stated they did not understand why it took hours for the security unit to arrive.
There are many questions without answer currently. I am sure there will human rights groups looking into this massacre. There is no surprise there is a new President in Kenya. How many bad decisions are made internationally that imperil Christians? That is what occurred here. Ethnic cleansing. Why was this location chosen when Christian students dominated the population and feared an attack exactly like this would occur?
April 5, 2015
By Robin Dixon
Kenyan Christians hold candles as they offer prayers Sunday at a Catholic church in Garissa for the 148 people killed in an attack on Garissa University College by the Islamist militant group Shabab. (Dai Kurokawa / European Pressphoto Agency)
...In a town (click here) long known for violent extremist attacks, the campus of mainly Christian students was an obvious target in a predominantly Muslim area within striking distance of Somalia, 90 miles away. Students said they felt unsafe and exposed, knowing the university was vulnerable to attack.
“We were fearing that if these people [Shabab] came, they could kill many, many Christians,” said Muli, who had been shot in the thigh but survived in his hiding place. He said the government “failed to protect us. We are angry, because we lost some of our best friends. We think, ‘How come security wasn’t there when we were are the university?’ They took no care.”
Garissa University College was inaugurated in 2011, the first university in northeastern Kenya, but its first full-year intake was in 2013. Students said almost no one wanted to be there because of Garissa’s security problem, but they were declined spots on the mother campus, Moi University in Eldoret. Most wanted to transfer, but found it impossible....
There are many questions without answer currently. I am sure there will human rights groups looking into this massacre. There is no surprise there is a new President in Kenya. How many bad decisions are made internationally that imperil Christians? That is what occurred here. Ethnic cleansing. Why was this location chosen when Christian students dominated the population and feared an attack exactly like this would occur?
April 5, 2015By Robin Dixon
Kenyan Christians hold candles as they offer prayers Sunday at a Catholic church in Garissa for the 148 people killed in an attack on Garissa University College by the Islamist militant group Shabab. (Dai Kurokawa / European Pressphoto Agency)
...In a town (click here) long known for violent extremist attacks, the campus of mainly Christian students was an obvious target in a predominantly Muslim area within striking distance of Somalia, 90 miles away. Students said they felt unsafe and exposed, knowing the university was vulnerable to attack.
“We were fearing that if these people [Shabab] came, they could kill many, many Christians,” said Muli, who had been shot in the thigh but survived in his hiding place. He said the government “failed to protect us. We are angry, because we lost some of our best friends. We think, ‘How come security wasn’t there when we were are the university?’ They took no care.”
Garissa University College was inaugurated in 2011, the first university in northeastern Kenya, but its first full-year intake was in 2013. Students said almost no one wanted to be there because of Garissa’s security problem, but they were declined spots on the mother campus, Moi University in Eldoret. Most wanted to transfer, but found it impossible....
