Terror drill incites panic, fear in unsuspecting university students

Several #Strathmore University students injured following a drill at the institution pic.twitter.com/3E0MzrITap

— Ma†e †ongola ™ (@Mate_Tongola) November 30, 2015

A mock drill at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday morning created mass panic among the university’s students, most of whom apparently weren’t aware that the drill was being conducted.

The university created a Facebook post the night before giving students a heads-up about the planned drill, but the post apparently went unseen by the vast majority of the university’s some 5,000 students. As gunshots rang out, several students sustained injuries while trying to escape from the perceived terror.

Meanwhile, social media lit up with reports of gunfire before officials confirmed it was only a drill. Local residents captured photos of panic-stricken students desperate to get away from the gunshots, a number of which could be seen hanging from windows. Others tromped through a nearby creek to get away, the fear clearly seen on their faces.

After subjecting students 2such life threatening danger #Strathmore still wants u2 believe they made a genius move. pic.twitter.com/LTX01d2gyc

— Jared Aol (@JaredAOL) November 30, 2015

Reports of a “Security Drill” at strathmore with gunshots heard inside the school. We’re unaware of what’s happening pic.twitter.com/zpxCjCToFO

— Pierre (@petersize10) November 30, 2015

Is this the purpose of a drill, to scare Strathmore students to death. Cops should tell us what they’re covering up? pic.twitter.com/9kf8XMAtko

— kisauti (@WaKimuyu) November 30, 2015

Eventually, messages were sent out via social media – again – confirming that the incident was just a drill, although it’s unclear how many of the students who were running for their lives stopped to check their Facebook feeds.

ALERT!!
A mock terror drill is being carried out at strathmore university live bullets being used but no Need to Panic..

— Modern Kenyan Corps (@moderncorps) November 30, 2015

“It was a mock exercise,” Japheth Koome, the capital’s police commander, later said. “We wanted to check on alertness of emergency services.”

Spent cartridges at Strathmore pic.twitter.com/5Ee9pLOo98

— GIDI GIDI (@GidiOgidi) November 30, 2015

[ Independent ]

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