Kenyan Student Dies, More Than 100 Injured in Campus Stampede

The sound of an exploding transformer sounded like an armed attack on a Kenyan university early Sunday, causing a stampede that left one student dead and more than 100 injured. The student who died was among others who jumped from residence halls as high as five floors up, fearing the University of Nairobi's Kikuyu campus had come under attack, university vice chancellor Peter Mbithi told Reuters. Tensions were high at the campus, a week after gunmen from the al-Qaida-aligned group...

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