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73 people died in Kenya in a sect that promised paradise if they starved to death

  • April 24, 2023
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Kenyan police recovered 73 corpsesmost of common pits in a forest in eastern Kenya who are believed to have been followers of a Christian cult that claimed to

Kenyan police recovered 73 corpsesmost of common pits in a forest in eastern Kenya who are believed to have been followers of a Christian cult that claimed to they would go to heaven if they were starvingThis was announced on Monday by a police officer.

The death toll, which has risen repeatedly as the exhumations proceed, could rise even further. The Kenya Red Cross reported that 112 people are missings in front of a search and advisory service that he installed at a local hospital.

sect leader Paul Mackenziewas arrested on 14 April after being notified of the existence of shallow graves containing the bodies of at least 31 of his supporters.

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“Now the death toll is 73 people,” he said. Reuters on the phone Charles Kamau, Chief Detective Malindi in Kilifi County.

Followers of the self-proclaimed International Church of the Good News lived in several isolated settlements on an area of ​​about 324 hectares in the Shakahol forest.

The Criminal Investigation Department said on Twitter that 33 people have been rescued so far.

Earlier on Monday, the country’s police chief, Japhet Kume, who visited the scene, said that most of the people were found in mass graves, and eight people were found alive and emaciated, but they later died.

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Kume said 14 other members of the sect were in police custody.

On April 15, Mackenzie appeared in Malindi court, where the judge gave police 14 days to investigate while he was in custody. Kenyan media reports that he refuses food and water.

Reuters he was unable to contact any of McKenzie’s lawyers or representatives.

(Reuters)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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