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It was on the 6th of April, four days after the Al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the Garissa University College and you elect onto the campus for the first time. The compound is empty, but the air is heavy and tense.
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Part of the school remained cordoned off, and the traces of blood on the corridors give a sense of direction that the terrorists followed from the only gates in the school to the classroom where the Christian Union had gathered for prayers in the small hours of the morning, moments before the attack. To algún hostel white all reached a violent climax. All students within the algún hostel Wakata know as, and this is because of the distance where the hostel is located. And as the shooting was happening inside, the gunmen ensure that all exits had been blocked. Unfortunately, at least 100 lives were lost within this building. They had positioned the snipers strategically.
Is a blue key neither can a premiere music in taxes in use in America yo Kundu kitchen open up o and ask it took close to 16 hours before the terrorists were killed after they had taken at least 147 lives. Innocence from all over the country, many from poor backgrounds, then icky children who got to go to university. The sacrifices their parents made currently sent back home to them in body bags. They are broken, grieving, and hopeless, demanding answers from their government. The Al-Shabab answered the question as to who was behind the attack, and in the depraved soul of a terrorist, there is no reason why they would attack the innocent. But we're interested in another key question: Was there information in the hands of our protectors that could have stopped the attack? We are back in Garissa to find out.
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5:30 a.m. on the 2nd of April, just before the gunshot started. Ibrahim Mohamed, a security guard employed by the school, was on his way to the mosque. He had just come from the kitchen where chefs are making breakfast for the 815 students who resided on campus. He was among the first to see the attackers.
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While Ibrahim escaped to the bullet through his knee, two of the guards employed by the school lost their lives at the gate. Four police officers guarding the campus were making their final rounds before sunrise. They had these fast gunshots but only came face to face with the terrorists when they were inside the classroom in which Christian students had gathered for praise and worship session. The classroom is 100 meters from the gates. One of the four would be killed in this exchange. The rest to cover the abundant Nicosia then configure to pick them up on the stairs an issue room 22 engine I'm able to change any become chikuwa nakiya a class.
5:45 a.m. Jacinta, not her real name, was in a classroom close to where the students had gathered, studying for exams that had been postponed the year before. Back in December 2014, the school's administration had been warned of an impending attack against the state. Internet, internet, English, it now know the gunshots confused her. She picks up her phone to ask John, a friend of hers, what's going on. John, not his real name, would have known because John is a police officer stationed in Garissa.
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And then and then we were seeing some gunman firing guns and then students peeping out through the windows then approaching Austin but they were mountain Abdi happened to be residing at the prefab hostel or may vary as was better known. A vantage point, as it would turn out, from there he saw the early moments of the attack unfold.
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6:00 a.m. The Sun rises over Garissa. The attack is about to get into a more brutal phase.
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The attackers would dig themselves in for what they said was their mission to kill and be killed. From any direction to this building, they very know so to have a complete and such. I want people to this building, it was very, very difficult and very dangerous, and some of our officers actually incurred injuries in the process of trying to access the tank. Was very helpful. It is the one that enabled us to access this place. You can see behind me, it had to create a routes and ferry our people so that they are able to access the goodie. It would have been totally impossible without that tanker to address the building. Details are unclear. Would still do not know so much. That's right. Well, some members of Parliament from northeastern Kenya to my immediate right, if they like, they're a member of Parliament Mohamed hid here. By this time, the country was following what was happening in Garissa. By 10:00 a.m., the death toll had mounted to 20 people. Everyone held together their breath for positive and to a terrible start of the day. The students inside lived through every second of the hora up to dusk.
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Investigations at the crime scene began immediately. All bodies are removed. US Marshals would also be involved, and it is here that the traces of evidence that the attackers what well-informed about the school to have done it's on a deadly whim began to emerge.
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The forensic experts would stumble upon the school's map during the investigations. Well, it was not clear whether it had been dropped by the terrorists or it was what aided the rescue team to find their way into the school during the operation. Among the suspects arrested, one was identified as Osman Ali de Ghani. He was a god charged with facilitating the attackers with information and being in possession of what was described as jihadist material.
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But more clues would point to a well-informed group of attackers. But was pry intelligence of their plans at one via Yamuna kaqun they say Mia taxes and you - no - Mia Walker 20 shop window casino canal is a boon Duque neither canid not Amir nozaki taxes in use in America yondu Katrina Peter Cohen. As statements made by the terrorists, the students during the attack also puzzled investigators even more, except for some in the Armed Forces.
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We've had to conceal the identity of one such officer. This is John, the officer deployed in Gaza, who communicated with Jacinta as the attack began. Claims that he had seen intelligence of an impending attack, reports of which had spread fast across Maresa months before. Father, he says his superiors had received this information from the National Intelligence Service in the
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I was undercover kissing my skinny mini vulgar bottle as you comfort it was a few days before I didn't Iike square your text yo numba Nick afford to go real scary report on the situation McCamey new watch anatomical de comenzar deputy Tony commander that is the lucifina deputy alyssa. Another officer stationed in Garissa, who declined to be named since he's not authorized to speak to the media, corroborates this. He says that on the 28th of March, a text message or circulated to all security heads, the information of which subsequently forded to him and his colleagues. It reads: "Evening security members, there are arrangements of enemies to attack vital institutions, namely Garissa University, Teachers Training College, and other areas in Garissa town. They're coming from far fee through honorably act now by thinning all votes and please remain a lot." It is similar messages that had also been shared by the students.
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Yeah, that was Bing that was sent from - that was on a lot - all security members. It says here, see seat. So I don't know whether it's County Commission or County Commander. Okay, I'm gonna keep forgetting. So I don't know because it was we're just a bit too confused because, you know, the way officers receive alerts. So this is one of the officers who shared this to us. I can't remember doing such a message. I can't remember overall telling that one. Assuming that it is a crutch one. Hmm. The thing is that you find very many places which are targeted at the same time. Yeah. So you don't know where they will strike. Hmm. So you have to try and she's got all of them. Mm. Not very bad. Particularly, I cannot confirm or deny. Italki number. Okay. So lots about the issue of there being try intelligence, so many targets, not just one. Yeah. You see, the moment won't reach depth, one targets that we are doing that very wrong here. Normally have certainly you have salinity. So we divide our strength according to all those targets because we are not aware of a trait to be. Yeah.
From the accounts of the students, John's statements, the texts, information from the second police officer, the attackers' own actions, and the map found at the scene of the crime after the April 2nd, a narrative as much that there was information about an impending attack that spoke specifically of Garissa University. Well, the terror attack, as it unfolded, happened in a context. Police officers deployed in strategic places in the country tell us of collusion and corruption that has made the county insecure. Ten days before the message of an impending attack was sent to officers, John recalls an incident that with hindsight could have been significant. John claims the gun detects equipment at the roadblock leading into Garissa town was removed on the 18th of March, allegedly under the orders of his superiors. For a number of days, vehicles and routes to and from other parts of northern Kenya came and went without getting such. What we arrived in Garissa, no vehicle was be checked. We father secretly recorded our exit out of town, and the results were similar. John cleans that on the 21st of March, a vehicle caught their attention upon making its way to the roadblock. Police demanded that they search its contents. In spite, they allegedly found an assortment of guns and ammunition. The driver, a woman identified as Halima, was quick to ask the officers to call their superiors.
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While we cannot independently verify whether the claim is true, that should not have been the first time bosses' friends would have an easy time making their way through security checks. Come in, come in. As the canal position verify a resolution. In a video taken on a different day at the same roadblock, the same lady, Halima, he stopped by the offices and when asked to identify herself, she becomes furious.
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Despite touch' last being made, multiple sources from within the police say that on the evening before the attack, at roll number one, which man's areas of the market and the road leading to the unipass doors with tone clear reasons.
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With a part of the way the gunmen would have an easy time making their way into the school. Watch to the odd CPD Benjamin on Wamba's office to seek some of the answers as his name and that of deputy commander job Zoe had adversely been mentioned by our sources. Violently walking and covering up for Halima and other individuals within the town. Wheatley recorded our meeting. Our first inquiry was the vehicle allegedly transporting the guns. Pertaining at medium power British that inter partes. These where's our food is before that that dude is before the time when I only finishing there you got company open it for me Mommy fits up all my soup. The mentioning of anima in the site of the video that change the atmosphere.
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He needs to knowing Halima at first. This would later change after prodding more into his relation with Halima. So that's how I used your child replication.
If it is to the county commissioner for answers pertaining delegations Bay. 20 minutes after our meeting, we received a phone call. It was the OCPD inquiring whether we had managed to meet the county commissioner. We must keep particles are conserving us to come in exterior to pee and Aleya Patrol. You know Aleya Patrol RUC coup County Commission and Jenga Murray. On his part, says investigations into the attacker ongoing, while a multi-agency committee is further looking into the incident.
What platform was the mistress still talking about? Definitely be looking out for officers who can be trusted. Live information was officers as opposing the officers. Information. The guerrilla University campus age brings to the fore some of the security lapses within our security system. This is according to eyewitnesses and residents who took part in the rescue operation. But even further, the residents here view they are taxed as a tensor by the Al-Shabaab militia group to bring about division between the Muslims and the Christians, not just in Garissa, but also in the country as a whole, making it clear that they do not support heinous activities of the group.
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As it stands, resident Garissa are feeling the impact of the attack.
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Investors such as nine for supermarket have closed down in the moved out of town. Hours drive, the business hub that was Garissa has now been reduced to a few hours of operation. The residence crying foul over the curfew. The only event in northern Kenya now remains closed until further notice. What future always the children of the town, its residents now left deal with the negative perception the attack about about.
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We recognize the reality of collaborators among us and our communities, and we will with immediate effect commence to identify them, to document them, and to expose all the members, the finishes, and sympathizers of Al-Shabaab within the next one month. And until the truth comes out, questions into the worst terror attack witnessed after the 1998 bombing will remain shelved and unanswered, just like those of us kids when Dara and other attacks. The lives of innocent Kenyans will be lost in the cycle continued. Standing, however, 278 is not just a number. Mullah KTN.
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