Parents of students who were killed during the Garissa University College terror attack have moved to court to sue the government for compensation.
The parents of 28 students who lost their lives, in their petition said the government failed to protect their children during the attack four years ago.
The Somalia-based terror group Al-Shabaab on April 2, 2015, attacked the institution killing at least 148 people, mostly students and security officers.
In the petition, the parents said it was the government’s responsibility to ensure enough security was provided in North Eastern following several attacks in the region and travel warnings.
They claimed there were travel warnings of imminent terrorist attack allegedly issued by the US, German, Australia and British governments before the attack at the university.
In the suit that was filed by nine parents together with Kituo cha Sheria on behalf of the 28, the parents want the court to declare that the government failed in its responsibility to prevent the attack and rescue their children.
“The State failed to adequately prevent the attack and rescue the students, leading to the loss of lives despite several terrorist attacks in the region. It is against this background that the parents of the students who were killed in the Garissa University attack bring this petition,” says the parents in the petition as quoted by businessdailyafrica.com.
The parents, in the petition, further claimed that there was tension in the institution before the attack after letters were dropped along Garissa Road warning non-Muslim students to vacate the university’s premises or face a terrorist attack.
They are also suing the Cabinet Secretaries for Education, Defence and Interior, the Inspector-General of Police, the National Police Service, Garissa University College as well as the Attorney-General.
The case will be heard on May 25.