Body Count Rises to 47 in Starvation Cult Case in Kenya DeutscheWelle: Kenya
Police investigating a Christian suicide cult whose members are believed to have starved themselves to death, exhumed another 26 bodies in Malindi, Kenya, on Sunday. The grim discovery, brings the total number of bodies found so far up to 47.
The deceased are thought to have been followers of Christian cult leader Paul Makenzie Nthenge, who reportedly told them to starve themselves in order to"meet Jesus."On Saturday police sources had said,"We have not even scratched the surface which gives a clear indication that we are likely to get more bodies by the end of this exercise."
The cult leader turned himself in to police and was charged last month after two children starved to death while in the custody of their parents, local media reported. He was released on bail of 100,000 Kenyan shillings .
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