At least 148 killed and more than 79 were injured while more than 500 students were rescued from the Garissa University College campus, disaster management officials said.
Interior Minster Joseph Nkaiserry said four of the
attackers had been killed, and security operations were ongoing.
attackers had been killed, and security operations were ongoing.
An overnight curfew has been issued in parts of the country.
Earlier, al-Shabab told the BBC its members were holding Christians hostage and freeing Muslims.
The Kenyan government has named Mohamed Kuno, a high-ranking al-Shabab official, as the mastermind of the attack. It placed a bounty of $217,000 (£140,000) on him.
A BBC Somali Service reporter says Mohamed Kuno was headmaster at an Islamic school in Garissa before he quit in 2007. He goes by the nickname "Dulyadeyn", which means "long-armed one" in Somali.
may the lord rest in peace the souls of the innocent student at garissa
may the lord rest in peace the souls of the innocent student at garissa
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