Kenyan president vows to 'fight terrorism to the end' in wake of university attack

Following a message from al Shabaab militants on Saturday promising more violence against Kenyan cities, President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed that his administration "will fight terrorism to the end," The Associated Press reports.

"Security forces are pursuing the remaining accomplices (in Thursday's attack on a Kenyan university). We will bring all of them to justice," Kenyatta said.

Four al Shabaab gunmen killed nearly 150 students in the attack; the Kenya military shot them later, and have since arrested five more people suspected of helping to orchestrate the massacre. The militants said on Saturday that the killings were retribution for Kenya's military presence in Somalia, and its mistreatment of Muslims.

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