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It is 18 past the hour. nearly 150 people are now dead after the shocking attack at a kenyan university that we first told you about yesterday. the massacre lasted for hours before authorities cornered and killed the masked gunmen. bill neely joins us live from nairobi with the latest. bill? >> good morning, mika. it is a terrible story to bring you on this good friday morning of religious intolerance so extreme that it leads to mass murder. 147 dead. in fact, we're just hear that figure might have increased to 151. mostly -- well, kids in their late teens and early 20s. many of them christian...

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Nbc's bill neely joins me from nairobi with more. >> reporter: good morning, craig. there's a terrible story to bring you. this good friday morning, of religious intolerance so extreme that it leads to mass murder. 147 dead. most of them in their late teens, early 20s. many of them christian, singled out by islamist gunmen. it's a country in shock after a massacre without mercy. at least four gunmen in suicide vests targeting a college campus before dawn. they attacked students in their dormitories, survivor said the gunmen asked their religion. if you were christian, they said, you were shot ...

University that left 147 people dead, and that number could rise. in a statement this morning, france condemned the attack calling it an act of senseless brutality. al shabab claimed responsibility. this morning, we are learning chilling new details how they carried out that massacre. bill neely is in kenya on more in what's the worst terror attack since the bombing of the u.s. embassy in 1998 in that country. >> reporter: good morning, frances, a terrible story to bring good friday morning of religious intolerance so extreme it leads to mass murder. 147 dead. most of them in late teens and ea...