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Starvation cult leader is found guilty in 190 children’s deaths
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MOMBASA, Kenya -- Starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 28 others were found guilty of murder by a Kenyan court on Monday over the deaths of 190 children and an adult in one of the world's worst cult-related tragedies in recent history.
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The leader of a Kenyan Christian cult has been found guilty of the murder of 190 children. Paul Mackenzie was on Monday convicted along with 29 other suspects over the deaths of 191 people, 190 of them children in Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya.
Preacher Paul Mackenzie was accused of encouraging his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.
Preacher Paul Mackenzie is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.
Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutors A Kenyan court on Monday found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s wor…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to more than 400 deaths was convicted Monday of murdering 191 children in one of the country’s most significant cases involving religious extremism.
A Kenyan court on Monday found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult.
MOMBASA, Kenya -- Starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 28 others were found guilty of murder by a Kenyan court on Monday over the deaths of 190 children and an adult in one of the world's worst cult-related tragedies in recent history.
In tonight's programme: Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie is convicted of 191 murders, 190 of which were of children. Also, a former Rwandan soldier and outspoken government critic, Robert Kabera, is found decapitated in Uganda.
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