Pathologists started autopsies on more than 100 bodies linked to a Kenyan religious cult whose leader allegedly instructed them to starve themselves to death in order to go to heaven.
A man records the names of his missing children who are followers of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death in Shakahola, at the Red Cross desk at the Malindi sub district hospital in Malindi, Kilifi county, Kenya April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
One hundred and nine followers of the Good News International Church, based in the Shakahola Forest in east Kenya, are known to have died. Cult leader Paul Mackenzie has been in police custody since April 14, held alongside 14 other cult members. Kenyan media have reported that he is refusing food and water.
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