What made Kenyatta University students panic with fear


Students assemble outside KU library after tension reduces

Pictures and videos shared online show how Kenyatta University students and other institution personnel were running for their lives in fear of a possible attack after a loud bang emerged from the modern library building on Monday afternoon.

The students engage desperate measures of jumping from the buildings and climbing the fences at the venue escaping after the false alarm.

There were also reports indicating that some of the students got serious injuries during the commotion.

A student attempting to jump off the building

It was clear from the shared pictures and videos that there was struggle and scuffle as some of the students engaged desperate measures to scramble to safety.

Reports indicate that some students were forced to jump from as high as the second floor of the building, falling down and getting seriously wounded.

However, it was established that the bang was caused by a lift in the library building which malfunctioned and crashed.

Students exiting the building using unconventional means

Responding to a local publisher, the management of Kenyatta University Library confirmed that there was unrest at the institution on Monday.

The management, however, declined to comment on whether a lift had crashed due to a possible fault or hitch in the system.

It nonetheless confirmed that the university had begun procedures of a comprehensive investigation into the matter to ascertain the real cause of the unrest.

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