Kenyan starvation cult leader convicted in deaths of nearly 200 children
MOMBASA, Kenya — A 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 and his co-accused will be given their sentence on November 6. He was arrested in 2023 after police received a tip-off, and weeks later authorities…
A Kenyan court has convicted starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 others for the murder of nearly 200 children and one adult in one of the world's worst cult-related disasters. The verdict covers 191 deaths, with more than 400 bodies recovered from the Shakahola Forest near Kenya's coast. Mackenzie and his Good News International Church were accused of ordering followers to starve themselves and children to death in a Christian doomsday sect, believing the world was ending.
The court rejected Mackenzie's claim that he did not force the victims to starve, sentencing him and his co-accused to be determined on November 6.
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