US EditionKenyan court orders exhumations in suspected cult-related deaths
MALINDI, KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA, JUL 30 – Authorities will conduct autopsies, DNA, and toxicology tests on exhumed bodies amid suspicions of murder by starvation linked to extreme religious cult practices, with 11 suspects under investigation.
- On Wednesday, a Malindi court authorized the DCI to exhume bodies from shallow graves in the Binzaro area, directing the Chief Government Pathologist to conduct postmortems, DNA tests, and toxicology analysis.
- Prosecution Counsel Judy Gachuru said investigators suspect murders by starvation and suffocation as part of radicalization and organized crime, supported by a DCI affidavit.
- Police discovered two human skulls and a body bound with rope under a mattress at the compound in Binzaro village, Chakama location, where at least eight children are feared dead.
- Yesterday, Justice Thamara ordered Malindi and Lango Baya police commanders to secure the site, while the Public Health Officer for Malindi must oversee health measures and body preservation at Malindi Sub-County Hospital.
- More than 400 bodies were exhumed in 2023, drawing parallels to the Shakahola tragedy of 2023 where cult leader Paul Mackenzie allegedly ordered followers to starve themselves.
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Kenyan Court Orders Exhumation in Suspected Cult Deaths
A Kenyan court has mandated the exhumation of bodies suspected to belong to victims of starvation and suffocation in Kilifi County, where a doomsday cult operated. Prosecutors are investigating 11 suspects potentially linked to the case, involving the same area where a major cult disaster unfolded two years prior.
Kenyan court orders exhumations in suspected cult-related deaths
A Kenyan court has ordered the exhumation of bodies suspected to belong to people who were starved and suffocated in the same county where hundreds of members of a doomsday cult were found dead two years ago, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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