Kenyan cult deaths at 73, president likens them to terrorism
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday compared the dozens of starvation deaths among the followers of a pastor in the south of the country with the results of terrorist acts…
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Kenyan cult leader told followers to starve themselves, at least 47 dead
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Kenyan cult deaths at 73, president likens them to terrorism
Twenty-one deceased, including children, have been exhumed from a forest outside Kenya s coastal town of Malindi All were members of a cult whose leader allegedly ordered them to fast so they could ...
Paul Makenzie Nthenge reportedly told his followers to starve themselves in order to meet Jesus. On Sunday, police found 26 more bodies. Exhumations continue.
Security forces dug up dozens of bodies in Kenya on land owned by a cult leader who allegedly told his followers to starve themselves to death in order to go to heaven.
At least 47 bodies have been found in southeast Kenya in connection with a cult leader who told his followers they’d ‘meet Jesus’ if they starved themselves and killed their children, local officials say. It’s feared the death toll could reach more than 100.
At least 21 bodies have been found in southeast Kenya in connection with a cult leader who told his followers to starve themselves and their children to ‘meet Jesus,’ local officials say. It is feared the death toll could rise significantly.
Paul Makenzie Nthenge reportedly told his followers to starve themselves in order to meet Jesus. Police were able to rescue several cult members and take them to the hospital for treatment.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday compared the dozens of starvation deaths among the followers of a pastor in the south of the country with the results of terrorist acts…
Kenyan police said Sunday they had found the bodies of another 26 suspected cult members in the east of the country, bringing to 47 the number of corpses linked to the movement.
Police continue to dig for bodies in forest after being told of shallow graves linked to church leader who reportedly told followers to starve to ‘meet Jesus’
While looking into a preacher who allegedly encouraged followers to starve to death, Kenyan authorities excavated 47 dead close to the coastal town of Malindi.
Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies from mass graves in the Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, the country's police chief said on Monday.
The cult leader has been arrested for encouraging people to starve to death in order to meet Jesus. At least 70 people believed to be cult followers have died, with the toll likely to rise.
90 people have been found dead at a coastal Kenya ranch owned by Paul Makenzi, a pastor accused of leading a religious cult and ordering followers to starve themselves.
The Kenyan Red Cross Society said 112 people had been reported missing at a tracing desk set up at Malindi, where the pastor's main church was located.
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