Kenya’s interior ministry said the country’s security services had killed two al Shabaab fighters and intensified their rescue operation to free students taken hostage by the Somali group in Garissa on Thursday.
#GarissaAttack update: Two terrorists have been neutralised in the ongoing operation. Security agencies intensify rescue operation.— InteriorCNG Ministry (@InteriorKE) April 2, 2015
In another tweet it clarified that “neutralised” is “security speak for killed.”
Several hours into the incident, Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery told reporters in Garissa that the death toll was at least 70, with 79 wounded, but the siege was almost over. About 500 out of 815 students were accounted for, he said.
He did not specify precisely how many students, staff or security personnel had died but said four al Shabaab fighters were killed.
However, he cautioned that “the operation is ongoing, anything can happen”.
Al Shabaab, who carried out the deadly attack on the Westgate
