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Phase three autopsy on Shakahola cult bodies ends

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The team of pathologists and detectives have completed the third phase of autopsies on bodies exhumed from Shakahola forest has ended. The team led by Government Chief Pathologist Johansen Oduor said they have completed autopsies for 338 bodies since the…[Continue Reading...]

Kenyan starvation cult suspect dies in custody after hunger strike

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A Kenyan accused of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of members of a starvation cult has died after a 10-day hunger strike in police custody, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Joseph Buyuka was among 30 people, including self-styled pastor…[Continue Reading...]

Major update in Kenya cult deaths after doomsday clan ‘starved themselves’ so they could ‘meet Jesus Christ’

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MORE than 300 bodies have been discovered in a Kenyan forest after a doomsday cult starved themselves to death to "meet Jesus Christ" in April. Cops say the butchered and buried remains belong to followers of Paul Mackenzie, a taxi…[Continue Reading...]

How faith turned deadly for Kenyan cult followers who chose starvation as path to salvation

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The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. Two hours drive from Kenya’s coastal tourist town of Malindi, forensic teams turn off the tarred road into a thicket of thorn bush, entering a crime…[Continue Reading...]

More Than 300 Dead After Kenyan Doomsday Cult Leader Asked Followers to Starve to ‘Meet Jesus.’ Here’s What We Know

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The death toll linked to a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to “meet Jesus” has reached at least 318 people as of this week, after investigators exhumed more bodies from mass graves in Shakahola…[Continue Reading...]

2 lawyers ditch Mackenzie, cult associates citing access frustrations

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 14 — Two lawyers representing the embattled televangelist Paul Mackenzie who stands accused of running the Shakahola starvation cult have dropped the ongoing case against the preacher. Lawyer George Kariuki and Elisha Komora who were also representing…[Continue Reading...]

Uganda: How missing cult members fearing doomsday were duped to go Ethiopia to meet Jesus

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Authorities in Ethiopia have repatriated 80 Ugandans who were conned out of their money with the promise of meeting Jesus. The leader of the team, Pastor Simon Opolot, was on the joint security team's wanted list for duping believers from…[Continue Reading...]

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