Kenya sentences 3 for role in Garissa University terror attack
By DW
04 July 2019 |
10:30 am
A court in Nairobi has sentenced one man to life in prison and two others to 41 years for abetting the second deadliest attack in the country's history. The 2015 attack at Garissa University left at least 148 dead.
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