Hostage situation at Kenya campus

The Kenyan government has deployed security forces to try to end a hostage situation more than nine hours after al-Shabab gunmen attacked a college in north-east Kenya, the country’s president said.

In a speech to the nation, Uhuru Kenyetta said: “I am saddened to inform the nation that early today, terrorists attacked Garissa University College killed and wounded several people and have taken others hostage.”