Kenya massacre, Marwan dead, boxing gloves | The wRap

Today on Rappler. 

• A Kenyan official’s son – one of the gunmen in the Garissa attack. 
• The Philippine National Police declares terrorist Marwan dead. 
• Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather’s preferred boxing gloves! 

KENYAN OFFICIALS’ SON IS GUNMAN IN STUDENT MASSACRE
Kenyan authorities identify one of the 4 dead gunmen in the massacre of 148 people at Garissa University on April 2.
Abdirahim Abdullahi, a member of the Shebab Islamist group from Somalia…
is a law graduate from the University of Nairobi and son of a local government official.
Officials had earlier identified former teacher-turned-terrorist Mohamed Mohamud as the mastermind behind the massacre.
Kenya is now on its second day of national mourning for victims of last week’s massacre.
On April 2, Shebab Islamists from Somalia storm Garissa University College…
and killed 148 people… 
142 of them students, 3 police officers, and 3 soldiers.
Shebab says the massacre was an act of revenge for the presence of Kenyan troops in Somalia.
The day-long siege of Garissa University is Kenya’s deadliest attack since the bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi in 1998.

SATISFACTION WITH AQUINO LOWEST AFTER MAMASAPANO – SWS 
President Benigno Aquino hits the lowest Social Weather Stations or SWS satisfaction rating in his presidency. 
Results show… the first quarter 2015 satisfaction rating of Aquino dropped by 28 points from December.
47% are satisfied with Aquinos performance, 16 points lower than his December rating… 
while 36% are dissatisfied, 12 points higher than the last survey.
Analysts say the survey reflects the public sentiment on the Mamasapano operation that killed 44 elite policemen.

‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED’: PNP DECLARES MARWAN DEAD
The Philippine National Police or PNP declares… terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir alias Marwan is dead. 
PNPs Officer-in-Charge Police Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina welcomes information from the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI…
confirming,
“With certainty… Marwan was successfully neutralized by the PNP-SAF in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.”
Espina adds, “On their behalf, as OIC of the PNP, I declare that Marwan is dead. Mission Accomplished.” 
The announcement comes more than two months after the controversial Mamasapano operation on January 25.

COURT STOPS JUNJUN BINAY’S SUSPENSION INDEFINITELY
The Court of Appeals indefinitely extends the restraining order it issued stopping the suspension of Makati Mayor Junjun Binay.
The court initially issued a 60-day temporary restraining order on Binay’s suspension last March 16.
In its resolution, the appellate court urged the Ombudsman and the Department of the Interior and Local Government to “respect and preserve the status quo.”

WEAPON OF CHOICE: MANNY PACQUIAO VS FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr will be wearing their preferred gloves on their May 2 fight. 
Pacquiao will wear the Mexico-produced Cleto Reyes…
while Mayweather will wear Grant gloves from New York City. 
Former lightweight world champion Nate Campbell says both glove brands are designed with a different purpose.
He says the Grant protects the puncher more…
while the Reyes is for the fighter, “who wants destruction at all cost.”

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