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Reburials of Shakahola cult victims could take a month or more: Oduor

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NAIROBI, Kenya, May 1 — Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Monday said the conclusion of DNA analysis on Shakahola victims may take a month or more to facilitate reburials. The victims are linked to the starvation cult led by…[Continue Reading...]

Police raid second starvation cult headquarters and rescue 31 locked-up worshippers

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A second starvation cult has been uncovered in Kenya with 31 people locked up without food. Police said the group were found weak and hungry after starving themselves for almost a week. Among the rescued were 14 adults and 17…[Continue Reading...]

‘We tried to stop her’: Kenyan teenager tells how cult starved his mother

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Two years ago, Issa Ali’s mother took all her belongings and left her family to join followers of the charismatic church leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge in the Shakahola forest in south-east Kenya. “He told them that’s where Jesus’ second coming…[Continue Reading...]

Autopsies begin on bodies of Kenyan cult members who starved themselves to death

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NAIROBI, May 1 (Reuters) - Pathologists started autopsies on Monday on more than 100 bodies linked to a Kenyan religious cult whose leader allegedly instructed them to starve themselves to death in order to be the first to go to…[Continue Reading...]

Children account for majority of Kenyan cult deaths, interior minister says

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NAIROBI, April 28 (Reuters) - Children account for most of the 109 bodies so far recovered in mass graves linked to a cult in Kenya, the interior minister said on Friday, the latest details in a case that has shocked…[Continue Reading...]

‘Starvation cult’ death toll in Kenya rises to 103 as popular preacher Ezekiel Odero arrested

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Forensic teams have been digging in a Kenyan forest and there are fears dozens more victims could still be found after church leaders like Paul Mackenzie and Ezekiel Odero were arrested on suspicion of telling people to starve themselves to…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya cult toll climbs to 98 as families await news of missing

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The number of victims linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya climbed to 98 on Wednesday as weeping relatives anxiously awaited news of loved ones after investigators unearthed mass graves last week. The discovery of dozens of bodies buried…[Continue Reading...]

Cult investigation: Kenya sets curfew on ranch owned by detained ‘pastor’

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*Movement will be restricted in the 320-hectare ranch owned by a Kenyan pastor who is accused of directing his followers to fast to death. The country's interior minister announced Wednesday (Apr.26) that for 30 days, the area will be subjected…[Continue Reading...]

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