Student saved after 2 days in hiding
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A WOMAN who survived Kenya’s university massacre by hiding in a wardrobe for two days was rescued safely yesterday, dehydrated but apparently unharmed, Kenya Red Cross said.
“A survivor has been discovered, she was hiding in a wardrobe,” said spokeswoman Arnolda Shiundu.
“She has been taken to hospital and is currently undergoing assessment by doctors,” she said.
The 19-year-old was initially too scared to come out until a university lecturer she knew came to convince her that the police officers were not the Shebab gunmen who carried out the killing of nearly 150 of her fellow students, police said.
“She is the latest survivor, she has been hiding in a wardrobe for two days,” a police officer involved in the security operation said, who asked not to be named.
“That is when she came out of the wardrobe and rushed to hospital.”
The student was rescued yesterday morning, 50 hours after the attack began. The gunmen were killed on Thursday evening.
The BBC said she told them she drank “body lotion when she felt hungry.”
Kenyan troops searching the building were alarmed when they heard sounds coming from inside a wardrobe.
“She kept asking for reassurance from the security forces they were not al-Shebab before she could come out,” the police officer said.
“She was given milk and rushed to the Garissa hospital, where she is being observed before being given counselling.”
Four survivors were also found on Friday, Shiundu said.
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