Somalia-based al-Shabab militants have threatened Kenyan citizens with “another bloodbath” just two days after their armed men slaughtered nearly 150 people at a university in the eastern part of the country.

The group made the threat in a statement released on Saturday, saying those who reinforce the Kenyan government policies by electing them must pay the price with their blood.

The militant group said they would continue until the Kenyan “government ceases its oppression,” adding, “Until then, Kenyan cities will run red with blood... this will be a long, gruesome war of which you, the Kenyan public, are its first casualties.”

Al-Shabab also warned Kenyan citizens that its militants would target “schools, universities, workplaces and even in your homes” as they had elected the country’s government.

“Choices have consequences; you chose your government out of your own volition so endure the consequences of your actions, for you will bear the full brunt of its follies,” the statement read.

Early morning on April 2, al-Shabab militants stormed the university campus in the city of Garissa Town, located some 150 kilometers (90 miles) from the border with Somalia. The armed men killed 148 people in the attack and injured 79 others.

The attack ended after Kenyan security forces killed all four attackers who had taken hundreds of students hostage.

Al-Shabab militants claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out in revenge for Kenya’s military operations in Somalia.

Following the attack, the Kenyan government vowed on Friday that the country would not bow to terrorist threats.

Kenya’s northern and eastern regions, which border Somalia, have been the scene of violent attacks blamed on al-Shabab militants from Somalia.

Kenya currently has over 3,000 soldiers stationed in southern Somalia, where they have been battling al-Shabab. The country sent troops into Somalia in late 2011 after the militant group carried out a series of raids inside Kenya.

The al-Shabab militants have been pushed out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and other major cities in the country by the African Union Mission in Somalia, which is largely made up of troops from Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti and Sierra Leone.