Kenyan authorities unearth 47 our our bodies in probe of religious cult chief

By Reuters: Kenyan police have now exhumed the our our bodies of 47 people thought-about followers of a Christian cult who believed they may go to heaven within the occasion that they starved themselves to dying.

Police near the coastal metropolis of Malindi started exhuming our our bodies on Friday from the Shakahola forest.

“In total, 47 people have died at the Shakahola forest,” detective Charles Kamau instructed Reuters on Sunday.

The exhumations have been nonetheless ongoing, Kamau talked about.

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Earlier this month, police rescued 15 members of the group — worshippers on the Good News International Church — who they talked about had been instructed to starve themselves to dying. Four of them died sooner than they reached hospital, police talked about.

The chief of the church, Paul Mackenzie, was arrested following a tip-off that instructed the existence of shallow graves belonging to on the very least 31 of Mackenzie’s followers.

Local media, citing police sources, reported that Mackenzie has refused to eat or drink whereas in police custody.

Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki talked about the whole 800 acre forest had been sealed off and declared a scene of crime.

“This horrendous blight on our conscience must lead not only to the most severe punishment of the perpetrator(s) of the atrocity on so many innocent souls, but tighter regulation (including self-regulation) of every church, mosque, temple or synagogue going forward,” he talked about.

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