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.