25 avr. 2023 - Kenyan Mass Cult Suicide

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The death toll linked to a Kenyan pastor accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus has passed 300, with the figure expected to increase as more exhumations are planned.

Authorities say the dead were members of the Good News international church, led by Paul Mackenzie, who is accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so they could go to heaven before the end of the world.

The toll reached 303 after 19 more bodies were exhumed from mass graves in Shakahola forest, in south-east Kenya, where the self-styled pastor and his followers lived.

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