{"id":21531,"date":"2015-11-30T09:01:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T09:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mass-panic-as-kenyan-university-stages-terror\/"},"modified":"2015-11-30T09:00:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T09:00:50","slug":"mass-panic-as-kenyan-university-stages-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mass-panic-as-kenyan-university-stages-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass panic as Kenyan university stages ‘terror’ drill"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Simulation of attack on Nairobi’s Strathmore University leaves several injured and many angry about a lack of warning.}<\/p>\n

A security drill at a Nairobi university has caused mass panic among staff and students after security forces used what many thought was live ammunition to stage a pretend attack on the school.<\/p>\n

Social media went into overdrive on Monday afternoon as security forces simulated an attack against Strathmore University’s Madaraka campus in the Kenyan capital – with many believing the incident was real.<\/p>\n

A number of students from Strathmore were injured on Monday when they attempted to flee from the school – with the Kenyan Red Cross confirming that at least two patients were hospitalised.<\/p>\n

Their condition is unknown, but the AFP news agency reported that at least one of the wounded was in critical condition. <\/p>\n

Local media reported that some people jumped from the third storey of a building to flee what they thought was an attack on the campus, while photographs showed others perched on the ledges of a building.<\/p>\n

The drill comes just months after the al-Shabab armed group staged an attack against Garissa University in Kenya’s east, killing at least 147 students.<\/p>\n

Students reported hearing a number of gunshots during the incident, but it is not known whether the gunshots were from live ammunition, or blanks.<\/p>\n

In a statement provided to Al Jazeera, the university said that prior training had been provided to teams of security marshals, comprising students and staff.<\/p>\n

“This simulation was aimed at testing the preparedness of the university community and emergency team in the event of an attack,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately some students and staff panicked and got injured. The university has assured all the students, parents and stakeholders that the situation is under control and normal operations have resumed.”<\/p>\n

The statement added that the university started an “intensive assessment of key lessons learned during this simulation” and said that the medical expenses of those injured would be catered for.<\/p>\n

Students and others in Kenya, however, voiced their anger on Twitter, saying that the university had failed to provide adequate warning.<\/p>\n

“It’s terrifying when you see your fellow classmates jumping from 3rd floor and there is nothing you can do,” one user wrote.<\/p>\n

“That was not a drill, that was a terror attack at #Strathmore. A terror attack carried out by Strathmore University upon it’s students,” wrote another.<\/p>\n

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SOURCE:AL JAZEERA:[Mass panic as Kenyan university stages ‘terror’ drill->http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2015\/11\/mass-panic-kenyan-university-stages-terror-drill-151130125615364.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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