between the border with somalia and kenya. it has been a tenous time. we found a notice that was issued on the 26th of march this year to the university of n nairobi. indicating the al shabaab group is planning attacks and storms in kenya and including a major university. this will be interesting to see how well this particular college is guarded. robin, the end goal of al shabaab, in terms of terror attack on the university. attack against education or attack against nairobi? what is the point? from what we understand and what we hear is they are separating once again as you saw in westgate they are separating muslims from christians. that s what we are hearing from people who are inside this
university. this is indicative it is a terror attack and they are specifically looking at killing christians. again, attacking an educational institution, that is also leading to the idea that this is a fundamentalist group preaching against education. robin, thank you so much for that. thank you so much. we will get back to the top story this morning again. also happening, necessitygotiateors struggling to work out a deal for the nuclear program. pulling an all nighter in switzerland. the determination is one good omen. word is they made significant progress. less optimistic signs as well. including the foreign minister calling the issue problematic. let s bring in elise labott with the latest on the talks.
claiming responsibility for the tacks. the gunmen have taken an unknown number of hostages though all 50 have been freed. the militants are now cornered in one building. i want to go right now to robin kriel. she is the east bureau chief in nairobi. i want to tell you what the red cross has been reporting and tweeting. they are talking about the attack. the red cross saying in a tweet that 30 casualties have been taken to the hospital. four are serious. a majority of the casualties have gunshot wounds. this from the u.s. embassy in nairobi, we are saddened and angered by the attack at garissa university. our deepest con dolldolencescondolences. a security team has secured the university in the process of flushing out the gunmen.
robin, give us a sense of why the university may have been a target for al shabaab. it is very close to the border with somalia. a porous border has been proven time and time again with an attacks that would indicate al shabaab and militants or various arms of al shabaab are able to cross over with impunity. we have seen it in the attacks which occurred last year killing 70 people and the way they are able to cross over with what is obviously a lot of arms and sometimes heavy armory in terms of rocket-propelled grenade. they are military style. they know what they are going to hit. it has obviously been preplanned and a tremendous amount of intelligence scoping out the place and the best time to attack would be. they attacked at 5:30 in the
it is still an active situation. the interior minister saying they have the gunmen cornered. students clearly terrified on the campus. we will continue to monitor that. thank you, robyn kriel for your expertise on al shabaab and what is happening there in southeastern kenya. 37 minutes past the hour. happening this morning necessitygotiateors still struggling to reach a deal on the iran nuclear program. their determination to keep talking is one good sign. word from negotiators is quote, they made good progress but less optimistic signs including the iran foreign minister calling the issue with the west problematic. let s turn to elise labott with the latest on the talks. reporter: the talks, as you said went all night and broke