At least eight people have been shot and more than 50 wounded in an army crackdown in the north-eastern Kenyan town of Garissa, officials say. A student told the BBC soldiers had shot at pupils waiting to go into an exam at a school near a military base. It was the second day of violence after the killing of three soldiers by gunmen in town that borders Somalia, where Islamist militants are based. Reporters say scores of troops beat and detained residents. Kenyan Defence Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji has told the BBC he did not authorise the army action in Garissa, which is about 350km (215 miles) north-east of the capital Nairobi. 'Ghost town' Dr Musa Mohammed, the medical superintendent of Garissa Provincial Hospital, told the BBC that following "skirmishes" on Monday, 45 patients were admitted - two of whom had gunshot wounds. The hospital received another 15 casualties, including three boys, on Tuesday morning. "Out of them six are gunshot injuries - they are undergoing treatment. Currently up to now nobody has been reported dead," Dr Mohammed said. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said it had recorded that one person had died in the violence and that a blood donation area had been set up to help treat the wounded. On Tuesday morning, the medial aid charity said in a statement that it had "rescued four males, four females and two children, eight of them being gunshot casualties". Soldiers are also reported to have gone into a school and shot at students. Hussein Yarow Ali, the head boy at County High School, told the BBC soldiers came into the school at 0900. "We were waiting exam, we heard a lot of tension from the students - after a few moments two students were injured," he said. "The one who was shot in the hand - he was in front of the class, he was just revising for the exam that he was waiting [for]." Residents say Garissa has been like a ghost town on Tuesday, with all businesses and government offices closed and soldiers patrolling the streets. Garissa's main market was set alight on Monday. There have been several recent attacks on Kenyan security personnel in Garissa, which have been blamed on the Somali militant group al-Shabab. Garissa and nearby parts of Kenya are mainly populated by ethnic Somalis. Kenya sent troops across the border last year to fight al-Shabab but its forces have since been merged with the African Union force in Somalia. The military says the soldiers who were shot were part of the AU mission in Somalia. They were killed as they fixed a puncture on their truck, and the gunmen escaped into the crowds of people who gathered after the shooting.

Other bombings have been blamed on Somalis but it turned out its locals with their own agenda. If there are weapons in Isli, Somalis should pass them to the folks in rift valley.

Waranle.......You are trying to equate the two groups and excuse the actions of Kenyans whether 'vigilantes' in Isli or the army in Garissa. The Kenyans are clearly the aggressors in this case. Apo.....'Gardheere' has the right to defend his country. Last I checked Kismayo is Somali.

Apophis;891101 wrote: Look at this guy. War Sxb I've lived in that place when worse stuff than a burned market was going on. It's no biggie. Besides, that market burns down periodically and it's rebuilt bigger and better. That's really sad! Waranle......Somalis had to pick machetes to defend themselves, they are not aggressors.

Apophis;891096 wrote: Looks like you've been busy with Adobe. My sources in G-town tell me things are not too bad. It's the BBC.Don't embarrass your self ninyahow http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20401136 So you are so pre-programmed you don't even bother to read the article lool Now you will start accusing International Media of discrediting Kenyan army.

Apophis;891093 wrote: Garissa is my (adopted) home town; never been one for Isli. My defence line starts at G-town bridge. Your G-town is being burned. What other trigger do you need mase you defense will shift and move up north to Kismayo?

Garissa's main market has been set on fire Better yet go to Garissa

Apo.....Go to the outskirts of Isli and see how they treat you.

^Yup

^So the civil war in Somalia gives the Kenyans the right to murder Somalis?

Waranle_Warrior;891043 wrote: Che you seem confused, and you speak in one line, perhaps I should only write one line for you only then will you understand me. I said this thread was to discredit the Kenyan army in Somalia. The thread is simply an extension of the BBC article unless you are accusing of discrediting Kenyan army. Abwaan.....Waranle would rather ignore the Kenyan army's action in Garissa. Perhaps these 'Kenyans' had it coming.

^You are one suggesting the events in Islii is being used to discredit Kenya's army.

^What does traders in Isli have to do with AS?

OdaySomali;890988 wrote: Or you for that matter LOL

Our Kenyan brothers are here to help.

lol@AS

Hope things calm down.

The so called leaderdship of this región is microcosm of the larger Somalí leaderdship, ambition without purpose.

lol@Ngonge Norf....Xamar is not humid. Xamar is hotest between 12 and 3, the sea breeze cools everything down by 4. Juxa...the global weather pattern is changing, I guess Xamar will be affected.

^I think you get used to living in cold environment. Surely, Xamar's temperature is 70s or 80s?

^Everyone says never till it actually happens.

Never invest in place where you bound to lose a fight or there is no law and order in real sense.

Wadani....Just welcome the brother back:)

Welcome back tutu, kow only if we could parachute Apophis into his Kenyan brothers den.

The Kenyan election is coming and inciting hate works well for politicians. These incidents have been on rise in coast and elsewhere And just few days ago, 42 policemen were called by supposed cattle rustlers.