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Kenyans are marking the first anniversary of a deadly attack on an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi that sparked a siege and created new uncertainty over the reach of extremist violence in Africa. The attackers were identified as Islamist militants from Somalia, but few other details about the incident have emerged.

While mourning the dozens of people killed in the attack one year ago, many Kenyans were also angered by what was seen as a slow and poorly planned response to the violence. Revelations that security forces had stolen merchandise from inside the mall fueled the outrage.

Today, candles were lit and flowers were placed at a site outside the Westgate Mall, the scene of last September's attacks.

From Nairobi, NPR's Gregory Warner reports on today's remembrances:

 reports that Kenya's critical tourism industry is suffering.
"Worsening insecurity, compounded by an increase in crimes such as carjackings and break-ins, has damaged Kenya's tourist industry, the second-biggest source of foreign-currency earnings after tea exports," the site says. "Visitor arrivals fell 31 percent in the second quarter of this year, according to the Kenya Tourism Board."  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Kenyans are marking the first anniversary of a deadly attack on an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi.

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