Killing 147 students: Obama will still go to Kenya!

The Dhaka Times Desk Despite the incident in Kenya, the US President did not cancel his visit there. 147 students were killed there. Even then, Obama will go to Kenya!

Militants massacred 147 people in a Kenyan university. US President Barack Obama condemned the incident. Despite this incident, he did not cancel his plans to visit Kenya. On Saturday, citing the White House, Reuters reported that Obama called Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday to express his condolences. The US President condemned the killing of terrorists in a phone conversation. The Somali militant group al-Shabaab attacked the Garissa University in the north-eastern part of Kenya last Thursday morning. During this time, armed militants brutally killed at least 147 people after taking university students hostage.

In a statement on this matter, Obama said that no words are enough to condemn the brutal terrorist attack on Garissa University. US President Barack Obama has also announced his support for the government and people of Kenya in the fight against terrorism and uniting different communities.

According to the media, it was announced by the White House last week that Obama will visit Kenya in July this year. During this much-awaited visit by Kenyans, Obama will participate in a conference organized for entrepreneurs - so it is said. This will be Barack Obama's first visit to his father's homeland after being elected President of the United States.

Note that Obama's late father Barak Hossain Obama Sr.'s home is in a small village on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. He met Obama's mother Ann Dunham while studying in Hawaii, USA.