Somali Islamists claim deadly attack on Kenyan university

A hostage siege is now underway at a Kenyan university attacked by Somali Islamist gunmen this morning. <br /><br /> The number of people wounded has reportedly risen to 65.<br /><br /> At least 14 people are said to have been killed and dozens hurt when masked gunmen raided the Garissa University College. <br /><br /> Police and soldiers have sealed off the campus that lies close to the border with Somalia.<br /><br /> In a statement, the head of Kenya’s police force, Joseoph Boinet, said: “the attackers shot indiscriminately while inside the university compound.”<br /><br /> He also added that police had been guarding the university’s four hostels at the time.<br /><br /> Al-Shabab, which has links to al Qaeda, has claimed responsibility. <br />Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, its military operations spokesman, told Reuters, “we sorted people put and released the Muslims.”<br /><br /> The group was behind a deadly attack in 2013 on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, having declared it would punish Kenya for sending troops into Somalia to fight the group.