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Doomsday Cult Starves and Kills Over 200 Members in Kenya

Forensic experts and homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), sort exhumed bodies of suspected followers of a Christian cult named Good News International Church, who believed that they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
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Overview

  • Death toll linked to doomsday cult in Kenya reaches 201 after police exhumed 22 more bodies
  • Bodies believed to be followers of pastor Paul Mackenzie who allegedly ordered congregants to starve to death
  • Autopsies showed victims died of starvation, strangulation, suffocation, and injuries from blunt objects
  • Mackenzie and 16 other suspects to appear in court on terrorism-related offenses
  • President William Ruto formed a commission of inquiry to investigate the incident and recommend action on institutions that failed to act.