article_snippet.sent: We have a military garrison in Garissa, and the work began immediately after the attack was reported and continued for a number of hours until We were able to rescue 663 students of the 800 students that had been taken hostage by these terrorists.
article_snippet.sent: Garissa, the town where the university attack took place, is about 150 kilometers (90 miles) from the Somali border.
article_snippet.sent: Inside Garissa University College dorm's scene of slaughter .
article_snippet.sent: On Sunday, families of some of the more than 147 people slain at Garissa University College left a mortuary in Nairobi after identifying the bodies of families of some of the more than 147 people slain at Garissa University College loved ones.
article_snippet.sent: Across Garissa, there was a sense of fear, foreboding and grief.
article_snippet.sent: Three days of national mourning for victims of The latest attack of Al-Shabaab bases by the Kenya military, declared by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, began Sunday.