Pope Francis has condemned an assault by Somali militants on a Kenyan university that killed at least 147 people yesterday, calling it an act of "senseless brutality".
"In union with all people of good will throughout the world, His Holiness condemns this act of senseless brutality and prays for a change of heart among its perpetrators," Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said in a statement.
Cardinal Parolin said the pontiff called upon "all those in authority to redouble their efforts to work with all men and women in Kenya to bring an end to such violence".
Francis has expressed alarm over the plight of Christians targeted for their faith, particularly by the self-styled Islamic State in the Middle East.
He said the international community would be justified in using military force as a last resort to stop "unjust aggression".
Earlier, a Kenyan minister vowed that the country would not bow to terrorist threats, a day after the attack, which was carried out by al-Shabaab militants.
"Kenya's government will not be intimidated by the terrorists who have made killing innocent people a way to humiliate the government," Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery said.
Kenyan authorities issued a dusk-to-dawn curfew on four regions near the Somalia border, after gunmen stormed the university yesterday.
A siege ended nearly 15 hours after the Somali group's gunmen shot their way into the Garissa University College campus in a pre-dawn attack, sparing Muslim students and taking many Christians hostage.
Mr Nkaissery said four gunmen strapped with explosives were behind the attack, the same number that killed 67 people during the 2013 killings at a shopping mall in Nairobi.
Police and soldiers surrounded the campus and exchanged gunfire with the attackers throughout the day but were repeatedly repelled.
At least 79 people were injured and many were airlifted to Nairobi, Kenya's national disaster body said.
Authorities offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of a man called Mohamed Mohamud, described as "most wanted" and linked to the attack.
Al-Shabaab, who carried out the deadly attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, claimed responsibility for the raid on the campus in Garissa, a town 200km from the Somali border.
The group has links to al-Qaeda and a record of raids on Kenyan soil in retaliation for Nairobi sending troops to fight it in its home state of Somalia.
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