article_snippet.sent: Nairobi (CNN)An elite police commando unit waited hours for transport from Nairobi, Kenya, to Garissa, where Al-Shabaab terrorists had taken over a university on April 2, according to one of the commandos who participated in the response operation.
article_snippet.sent: At 7:00 a.m. local time, the response team was told to assemble for a mission to Garissa, Nairobi (CNN)An elite police commando unit told CNN.  
article_snippet.sent: After arriving in Garissa by plane, the commando team rehearsed the assault on the university compound for about two-and-a-half hours, the commando source told CNN.
article_snippet.sent: Another law enforcement source told CNN that by 7:00 a.m. the Al-Shabaab terrorists had already killed most of the students, saying: "It was never a hostage situation.
article_snippet.sent: CNN have a military garrison in Garissa, and the work began immediately after the university attack was reported and continued for a number of hours until CNN were able to rescue 663 students of the 800 students that had been taken hostage by these terrorists.
highlights_snippet.sent: Commando says air transport was delayed for hours as Al-Shabaab forces slaughtered students .
  