Five Arraigned In Kenyan Court Over Garissa Massacre

  Five Arraigned In Kenyan Court Over Garissa Massacre

 

Five men have been charged in a Kenyan court with 162 counts of terrorism following the deadly assault by militants on Garissa University College in April.

The four Kenyans and one Tanzanian conspired to commit “a terrorist act” at the university, the charge sheet alleges. The men denied the charges.
They are the first people to be charged in connection with the
massacre, the BBC reports.

Al-Shabab said it carried out the attack, which killed 148 people.
The group which has its headquarter in Somalia, has increased actively in Kenya in recent years.

The Garissa attack was the deadliest carried out by al-Shabab, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda.
Most of those who died in the raid were students and the attackers singled out Christians to be killed, while sparing Muslims.

The names of the 148 killed were all read out in a court in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the AFP news agency reports.
Judge Daniel Ogembo remanded the accused in custody until June 11 when the court will rule on their bail application.