Five people are in custody following the al-Shabab attack
in eastern Kenya on Thursday which left almost 150
people dead, officials say.
Some of the suspects were arrested while trying to flee to
neighbouring Somalia, the internal security ministry said.
At least 148 people - mostly students - were killed when
gunmen attacked a university campus in Garissa.
Al-Shabab has since pledged a "long, gruesome war"
against Kenya.
The militant group said its attacks were in retaliation for
acts by Kenya's security forces, who are part of the African
Union's mission in Somalia against al- .
Shabab.
At least 148 people, mostly students, have been killed in
an assault by al-Shabab militants on a university in north-
eastern Kenya.
Heavily armed attackers stormed Garissa University early on
Thursday, killing two security guards then firing
indiscriminately on students.
Four of the gunman were eventually surrounded in a
dormitory, and died when their suicide vests detonated.
It is the deadliest attack yet by al-Shabab.
The militants singled out Christians and shot them, witnesses said.
More than 500 students managed to escape, 79 of whom
were injured. A fifth gunman has reportedly been arrested
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