Kenya pledges security boost as it commemorates 2013 mall massacre

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.