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Garissa university reopens after attack

Staff have reported to work while students are expected to be back on campus next Monday.
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Kenya's Garissa University College has officially reopened, nine months after the killing of nearly 150 people, mainly students, in an attack by militant Islamist group al-Shabab.

A police post has been set up on the campus in north-eastern Kenya, to improve security.

Read more: Gunmen Storm Garissa University In Kenya, 15 Killed

The April attack was the deadliest so far by the Somali-based group in Kenya.

Al-Shabab says it is opposed to the presence of Kenyan troops in neighbouring Somalia.

Source BBC

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