The gunmen reportedly ordered students at Garissa College University to lie down on the floor, but some of them escaped.

“It was horrible, there was shooting everywhere,” student Augustine Alanga told the BBC’s Newsday programme.

He said it was “pathetic” that the university was only guarded by two police officers.

Security forces have laid siege to the area around the university
Security forces have laid siege to the area around the university

Student Collins Wetangula said when the gunmen entered his hostel he could hear them opening doors and asking if the people who had hidden inside were Muslims or Christians, AP news agency reports.

“If you were a Christian you were shot on the spot. With each blast of the gun I thought I was going to die,” he said

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