article_snippet.sent: Slow response: Kenyan elite troops were called in to aid in the pre-dawn massacre where 148 people were killed, but did not arrive until just before 2pm .
article_snippet.sent: News of the bombings came after News of the bombings was claimed Kenyan special forces took at least seven hours to respond to the pre-dawn massacre where 148 people were killed.
article_snippet.sent: Elite troops were called in from Nairobi to Garissa, some 225miles from the capital, to aid in the pre-dawn attack on Garissa University, but soldiers did not arrive until the afternoon, local media claims.
article_snippet.sent: Kenya's elite Recce Company in Nairobi were called in as soon as the first reports of Thursday's attack emerged, which took place around 5.30am at Garissa University College.
article_snippet.sent: However, as troops were flown in from the capital, help did not arrive at the scene until just before 2pm, Kenyan newspaper Nation reports. '
article_snippet.sent: Some journalists based in Nairobi who drove to Garissa after hearing the first reports of Thursday's attack arrived before the special forces, who came by air.
article_snippet.sent: It takes time to assess and make the decisions, escalating the decisions from National Security Advisory Committee to the National Security Council and then to scramble the elite units, get the elite units to the airport and fly the elite units to Garissa which is a two hour flight.
highlights_snippet.sent: Kenyan special forces 'took seven hours to arrive at scene of massacre' 