Students in Kenya march for better security following al-Shabab massacre

April 07, 2015 21:23

Hundreds of students marched through Kenya's capital demanding better security following last week's massacre by al-Shabab militants at a Garissa university. Kenyan authorities presented several attack suspects in court.

Singing, chanting and with some dressed in black to symbolize mourning, about 200 students marched through downtown Nairobi on Tuesday in response to last Thursday's massacre of 148 people at Garissa University College. The attack was claimed by Somalia-based Islamic extremist group al-Shabab.

"We are mourning the loss of our fellow comrades, we have lost the vibrant blood that would have built tomorrow's Kenya," Nairobi University engineering student Maureen Mucheri, 21, told news agency AFP, admitting she was avoiding shopping malls and churches in fear of another attack because "the government is doing nothing."

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