Kenya Starvation Cult Suspect Dies In Hunger Strike

June 21, 2023 Christianists, Crime

A Kenyan accused of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of members of a starvation cult has died after a 10-day hunger strike in police custody, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Joseph Buyuka was among 30 people, including self-styled pastor Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church, in custody over the deaths of 337 followers of the church.

Mackenzie is accused of ordering his followers to starve their children and themselves to death so they could reach heaven before the end of the world. He handed himself over to police in April and was denied bail last month. The other suspects were arrested later after authorities started the exhumations.

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Shanzu court was told that Mackenzie’s aide declined to eat and drink while being held in custody. https://t.co/9MLvO79XDD

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