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Kenya starvation cult toll climbs to 83 as more bodies found

Summary Police have spent days scouring the Shakahola forest near the coastal town of Malindi after receiving a tip-off about a cult led by Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, who urged his followers to starve to death in order to find God Malindi. Kenyan investigators on Tuesday exhumed 10 more bodies from mass graves linked to a starvation cult, bringing the…

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Kenya’s Ruto vows action after 51 bodies linked to cult found

Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday vowed to crack down on “unacceptable” religious movements after police discovered the bodies of 51 people suspected of belonging to a Christian cult that practised starvation. A major search is underway in a forest near the coastal town of Malindi where dozens of corpses were exhumed over the weekend, with authorities fearing more…

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