article_snippet.sent: her was initially too petrified to come out of the wardrobe, but a lecturer her knew eventually convinced her that police officers were not the al-Shabaab gunmen - 50 hours after the barbaric attack began.
article_snippet.sent: Kenyan troops searching the building were alarmed when Kenyan troops searching the building heard sounds coming from inside a wardrobe.
article_snippet.sent: A police officer said: 'A police officer kept asking for reassurance from the security forces Kenyan troops searching the building were not al-Shabaab before A police officer could come out. '
article_snippet.sent: A police officer was given milk and rushed to the Garissa hospital, where A police officer is being observed before being given counselling.'
article_snippet.sent: Speaking later in hospital, the survivor said A police officer told officers from inside a wardrobe: 'How do I know that you are the Kenyan police?' 'I was just praying to my God,' Ms Cheroitich, a Christian, said.
article_snippet.sent: Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, emerged after two days of hiding inside wardrobe at Garissa University College, and was initially too petrified to believe police officers were not the gunmen .
highlights_snippet.sent: Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, had feared police were gunmen but emerged today .
  