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Kenya: Execution in Kenya

Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutorsA 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 worst cult-related disasters in recent history.Mackenzie was arrested in 2023 after police received a tipoff, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola forest near the coast ⁠in south-eastern Kenya. Continue reading...

Event details

Disorder type
political violence
Event type
execution
Interaction
civilians
Key actors
Media
Location
Kenya
Coordinates
-0.0200, 37.9100
Source platform
rss

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