Kenyan massacre survivor hid in cupboard for two days

A survivor of Kenya's university massacre who hid in a cupboard for two days too terrified to come out has been rescued safely.

Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, a survivor of the attack on Garissa University College was found on Saturday two days after the attack, April 4, 2015.

A survivor of the killings at Garissa University College has been found, two days after the attack by al-Shabab militants killed 148 people.

Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, said from her hospital gurney that she hid in a large cupboard and covered herself with clothes, refusing to emerge even when some of her classmates came out of hiding at the demands of the gunmen.

She was rescued shortly before 10am on Saturday, according to Kenyan officials.

Cheroitich said she didn't believe that rescuers urging her to come out of her hiding place were there to help, suspecting at first that they were militants.

"How do I know that you are the Kenyan police?" she said she asked them.

"I was just praying to my God," Cheroitich, a Christian, said of her ordeal.

Only when Kenyan security forces had one of her teachers appeal to her did she come out, she said.

Cheroitich appeared tired and thirsty, sipping on yoghurt and a soft drink, but otherwise seemed in good health.

She said she drank a lotion because she was so thirsty and hungry while in hiding.