A senior official has said that the death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation to 'meet Jesus
A senior official has said that the death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation to “meet Jesus Christ” has surpassed 300 after 19 new bodies were found Tuesday.
Police believe most of the bodies found in a forest near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi belong to followers of Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, a taxi driver-turned-preacher who has been in police custody since April 14.“The death toll has now risen to 303 after the 19 bodies were exhumed,” Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha said.
The 50-year-old founder of the Good News International Church turned himself in on April 14 after police acting on a tip-off first entered Shakahola forest. While starvation appears to be the main cause of death, some of the victims — including children — were strangled, beaten or suffocated, according to chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor.
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