The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practiced starvation to 'meet Jesus Christ' has surpassed 300 after 19 new bodies were found Tuesday, a senior official said.
to"meet Jesus Christ" has surpassed 300 after 19 new bodies were found Tuesday, a senior official said. Police believe most of the bodies found in a forest near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi belong to followers of Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, a taxi driver-turned-preacher who has been in police custody since April 14."The death toll has now risen to 303 after the 19 bodies were exhumed," regional commissioner Rhoda Onyancha said.
Police believe that most of the bodies exhumed were those of Good News International Church followers, an evangelical sect founded in 2003 by the self-proclaimed"pastor" Mackenzie, who advocated fasting until death in order to"meet Jesus". Another pastor accused of links to Mackenzie and to the bodies found in the forest was released on bail at a court hearing.
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