The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya hit 201 Saturday after police exhumed 22 more bodies, most of them bearing signs of starvation, according to the coast regional commissioner.
The bodies are believed to be those of followers of a pastor based in coastal Kenya, Paul Mackenzie. He's alleged to have ordered congregants to starve to death in order to meet Jesus.Mackenzie, who was arrested last month, remains in custody. Police plan to charge him with terrorism-related offenses.
Mackenzie insists that he closed his church in 2019 and moved to his property in a forested area to farm. Local media outlets have been reporting cases of missing internal body organs, quoting investigators in the case.Coast regional commissioner Rhoda Onyancha on Saturday said the total number of those arrested stood at 26, with 610 people reported as missing by their families.
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