Al-Shabab attack in Garissa

Why were they killed? What was their offence? Is it because they are students? Is it because they are Christians? Is it because they are vulnerable without guns to fight back? Is this what religion taught us to do? How long is this going to stop? Have you succeeded in bringing tears to their eyes? Have you considered if your family member is part of the deceased? Is this really necessary?

These and many more questions would be in our thoughts as Kenya and the world mourns the death of 150 students at Garissa University college

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Members of the Red Cross help a woman overcome with grief after seeing the body of a relative

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The relative of a victim is helped by Red Cross staff as bodies of students killed on Thursday's attack arrive at the Chiromo Mortuary in Nairobi

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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said this was one of the terrorists responsible for Thursday's attack

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The men attacked Garissa University College Thursday morning killing 147 people and injuring more than 70

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Kenyan security forces spent 13 hours exchanging gunfire with the terrorists before the last one was killed

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Kenyan security officials believe this man is one of the terrorists who tried to escape from the compound

Workers ride in a truck carrying the dead bodies from the scene of the attack at Garissa University College

Workers ride in a truck carrying the dead bodies from the scene of the attack at Garissa University College

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The victims' bodies were transported to Nairobi to a morgue where the grim identification process has begun

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Relatives queued outside the morgue in Chiromo where they waited to identify the bodies of their loved ones

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Grief-stricken locals could not hide their anguish in the wake of Kenya's worst terrorist attack since 1998

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Survivors of Thursday's al-Shabaab massacre hugged each other as they came to terms with the atrocity

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Troops also stood guard outside the campus of Garissa University College following Thursday's massacre

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