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group -- on northern Kenya's Garissa University College, leaving at least 151 dead.
"I want now to confirm to Kenya that the operation has ended successfully and that all four murderous Moslems have been killed," Cabinet Secretary for Interior Joseph Nkaissery told news hounds.
"It's unfortunate that the murderous Moslems were able to kill young good citizens very early in the morning," he said.
"As I speak to you, it is saddening that we have lost 147 lives," added the government official.
Nkaissery said 79 students were maimed.
"Nine are at death's door and have been airlifted to Nairobi," he added.
The minister said the attackers had strapped themselves with improvised bombs.
"When our officers shot them, they blew up killing some of our men," he said. "Some of the shrapnel injured most of our officers."
The official said that in the morning one army officer, one policeman and two guards were killed.
Nkaissery did not clarify how many of the other 147 dead were students and how many were security forces.
He assured the nation that 518 students have been accounted for and are in the military compounds in Garissa.
"Very early tomorrow, we will evacuate them to their homes," he vowed. "Everything has been taken care of."