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Garrisa Students Mark Grim Anniversary: 'We Are Not Defeated'

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Thousands of Kenyans marked the one-year anniversary when terrorist attacked the university campus in Garissa, slaughtering 147 mostly Christian students.Moi University in Eldoret, where Garissa students were moved, closed Saturday to host a tree-planting ceremony and procession.

According to World Watch Monitor, mourners carried signs that read "The death of a student, any student, is a big loss and detriment to that family's dream. #147notjustanumber."

One young woman, Margie, began sobbing at a candle lighting ceremony. She said the attackers killed two of her friends.

"God showed me that indeed (they) went into eternal safety with Him in heaven. But I am sad because they left me here, alone," she said.

In Garissa, about 100 people participated in a marathon.

Click below to watch an exclusive interview with one of the survivors.

"As we try to mourn the innocent lives, it's like it happened yesterday. The images of the dead bodies keep on playing in my mind. It was really a traumatizing experience," Ali Awdoll, one of the marathon organizers, told the BBC.

"Together as a country, from the north to the south, to the west to east, from the Muslims to Christians ... together we must fight all forms of terror," Garissa Township MP Aden Duale told the BBC.

"To all who suffered that day, you are in our hearts, minds and prayers. We applaud those who undertook acts of heroism, compassion and care to help our children, even at personal risk," Vice Chancellor Richard K. Mibei said.

"Although we have suffered, we are not defeated or discouraged from forging ahead to fulfill our personal and University vision," he said.

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