Police have recovered 89 bodies from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, believed to be linked to a cult that allegedly encouraged its followers to starve themselves to gain salvation.
Police have now recovered 89 bodies from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, believed to be linked to a cult that allegedly encouraged its followers to starve themselves to gain salvation, the country’s government said. Kithure Kindiki, the Kenyan interior minister, said three people were found alive and rescued on Tuesday. In all, 34 people have been rescued since the graves were discovered last Friday at an 800-acre forest.
I can’t know if there are people that died fasting … It’s only a post-mortem report that can advise that position, and of which none has been supplied.” There are fears the numbers could rise as the Kenya Red Cross said more than 200 people had been reported missing to its staff in the coastal town of Malindi.
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