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Reuters reports:
Kenyan police have now exhumed the bodies of 47 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death. Police near the coastal town of Malindi started exhuming bodies on Friday from the Shakahola forest.
Earlier this month, police rescued 15 members of the group — worshippers at the Good News International Church — who they said had been told to starve themselves to death. Four of them died before they reached hospital, police said.
The leader of the church, Paul Mackenzie, was arrested following a tip-off that suggested the existence of shallow graves belonging Mackenzie’s followers. Local media, citing police sources, reported that Mackenzie has refused to eat or drink while in police custody.
Read the full article. Some of the victims are children.
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— Reuters (@Reuters) April 23, 2023
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