Kenya cult leader told followers to starve themselves ahead of world's end on April 15, a relative of cult members and hospital staff say, as death toll nears 100
Naomi Kahindi, who lost her sister and her children, mourns at the Malindi sub district hospital mortuary in Malindi, Kilifi county, Kenya. / Photo: Reuters
The gruesome saga, which has been dubbed the"Shakahola Forest Massacre", has prompted calls for a crackdown on fringe religious outfits in the largely Christian country. Mwiti said he had heard this from a former cult member who had been expelled for drinking water during the mass fast. Mwiti said he had raised the alarm with police, but felt that he had been ignored. A spokeswoman for the police said she would respond to a request for comment later.
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