Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people. The High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa issued the sentence for Pastor Paul Mackenzie. He was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in…
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult, Pastor Paul Mackenzie, has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people, including 190 children and one adult. The High Court in Mombasa, Kenya convicted Mackenzie of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus, relocating them to a remote location, and having guards enforce the fasting directives.
He was found guilty alongside 28 other followers, with all but one pleading not guilty. In 2023, more than 400 bodies were exhumed from shallow graves on the 800-acre Chakama Ranch, where the cult had been active.
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