Kenya pledges security boost as it commemorates 2013 mall massacre


  • World
  • Thursday, 21 Sep 2023

Survivors and relatives of the victims attend the first anniversary memorial service of the Westgate shopping mall terrorist attack in Kenya's capital Nairobi, September 21, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya pledged on Thursday to reinforce security measures against Somali militants as it commemorated a deadly mall attack which security analysts say led to improvements in the country's readiness to counter threats.

A decade after 67 people were killed during an attack by gunmen from Somalia's al Shabaab group at the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi and a subsequent four-day siege by security forces, militants from the group are still launching sporadic attacks on Kenyan soil.

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