Narrating his story, Francis Gicobi, a
second year Bachelor of Education student, said many female students fell for Al
Shabaab’s lies and that’s why they were killed in large numbers compared to
male students.
Gicobi noted that when Al Shabaab
stormed the women’s hostel, they tricked them to comply with their orders to
come out because they would not be killed since Islam does not permit them to
kill women.
Many females students fell for this lie
and came out and the Al Shabaab sprayed them with bullets indiscriminately
killing them like insects
The Al-Shabaab shouted
“Kama hamtaki kufa, tokeni hapa nje
nyote kwani kulingana na dini yetu, hatuui wasichana na kwa hivyo mtoke
taratibu kwa gorofa hadi hapa chini, au mpigie baba zenu simu waje wakuokoe. (If you don’t want to die, come outside. According to our
religion, we do not kill girls. Walk down the stairs to the ground level, or
alternatively call your fathers to come and save you),” narrated Gicobi.
“Female students walked to the ground
floor of the storied building in droves only for the attackers to
indiscriminately spray them with bullets,” he added.
However, he thanked God for keeping him
alive to tell Kenyans what he witnessed on that fateful day.
“I thank God for saving me to be able
to tell Kenyans what I witnessed as my innocent colleagues were riddled with
bullets like animals,’’ he said.
- Kenyan DAILY POST
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