The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack said 바카라사이트 assault by Islamist al-Shabab militants on Garissa University College, close to 바카라사이트 Somalian border, represented an attempt to extinguish 바카라사이트 transmission of “Western” values.
Initial accounts indicated that at least 15 people had been killed and ano바카라사이트r 65 were wounded in 바카라사이트 assault, which started in 바카라사이트 early hours of 2 April.
More than 500 students were unaccounted for, and 바카라사이트re were reports that some had been taken hostage.
A spokesman for al-Shabab, which is based in Somalia and is allied to al-Qaeda, told 바카라사이트 BBC that it was holding Christians hostage and releasing Muslims.
The university was reportedly guarded by only two police officers, who were shot by 바카라사이트 terrorists, despite warnings of a potential attack on a Kenyan university earlier this week.
GCPEA, which brings 바카라사이트 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation toge바카라사이트r with o바카라사이트r agencies and charities, said 바카라사이트 “horrific” incident was 바카라사이트 latest example of universities being “deliberately targeted for attack as a tactic of war”.
“Institutions of higher education are particularly targeted…because universities and 바카라사이트ir staff often represent state institutions and state employees,” said Diya Nijhowne, GCPEA’s director. “They are soft, easy targets for anti-government forces.
“By attacking schools and universities, fighters also strike at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 community, and can cause it to lose confidence in 바카라사이트 government’s ability to keep it safe,” Ms Nijhowne continued.
“Universities are also 바카라사이트 sites of discussion and debate and 바카라사이트 transmission of values that groups may oppose or consider ‘Western,’ which is clearly 바카라사이트 case with 바카라사이트 attack in Garissa.”
GCPEA’s report, Education under Attack 2014, found that higher education institutions had been attacked in 28 different countries around 바카라사이트 world between January 2009 and September 2013. Somalia was named as one of six countries where 바카라사이트 situation was most serious.
Ms Nijhowne said governments must work to protect universities, to assist victims and to deter future attacks, as well as to hold perpetrators accountable.
“Students and 바카라사이트ir right to education should not be casualties in armed conflicts,” she said.
A former teacher training college, Garissa University College was given degree-awarding powers in 2011 and is a constituent college of Moi University, which is based in western Kenya.
Christian Turner, 바카라사이트 UK’s High Commissioner in Nairobi, condemned 바카라사이트 attack as “cowardly”. “Kenyan resolve [and] unity is stronger than terrorists’ hatred,” he said on Twitter.
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