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April 2, 2015

Al-Shabab Attacks Kenyan College, Killing Scores & Taking Hostages 
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The militant group Al-Shabab has carried out of a shooting rampage at a
college in northeast Kenya, killing at least 15 people, wounding at
least 65, and taking dozens hostage. The gunmen say they have divided
the students between Muslims and non-Muslims and let the Muslims walk
free. Kenyan police are on the scene in a standoff. Al-Shabab says it
carried out the attack in response to Kenya's military operations inside
Somalia, the group's home base.