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Kenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, one adult
The court said children were isolated and denied food as investigators continue probing other deaths linked to the cult.
- On Monday, the Mombasa High Court found cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 29 associates guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult in the Shakahola Forest, marking one of the world's worst cult-related disasters.
- Mackenzie ordered followers of his Good News International Church to starve themselves and their children to "meet Jesus" before the world ended. Mass graves emerged in Shakahola more than three years ago.
- Branding schools and hospitals as "Satanic," Mackenzie forbade cult members from using them. Francis Wanje, 62, lost eight family members including two grandchildren, while prosecutors say Mackenzie directed 52 additional deaths in Kwa Binzaro village from detention.
- Justice Diana Kavedza Mochache delivered the verdict after a hearing lasting more than eight hours. Monday's judgment covered 191 deaths, though investigations continue into the more than 400 bodies recovered from Shakahola.
- The tragedy prompted calls for tougher oversight of religious organizations in Kenya. Kenyan President William Ruto previously stated government agencies should have prevented the deaths, accepting responsibility for the failure to intervene earlier.
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The self-proclaimed pastor and 28 accomplices were found guilty in Mombasa. Their sect pushed its faithful to starve to "find Jesus".
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On Monday, a court in Mombasa found guilty the self-proclaimed Kenyan "preacher" Paul Mackenzie, accused of the murders of hundreds of his parishioners by starving them, approximately between January 2021 and September 2023, in a forced fast awaiting an alleged apocalypse.Continue reading....
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He was accused of having convinced hundreds of followers of his religious worship to let himself die of hunger in exchange for salvation
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A COURT IN KENYA today found cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about thirty of his followers guilty of the murder of 191 people.
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