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  "id": 18498896,
  "title": "Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-cult-leader-sentenced-to-200-years-in-prison-for-murder-of-190",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:46:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-914061"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Kenyan court has sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the worst ceremonial massacres of modern times. The sentence was handed down for murder by starvation and direct homicide, with Mackenzie denying the charges, claiming he did not force the victims to starve. The victims were found emaciated in shallow graves and latrines scattered across Shakahola Forest near Kenya's Indian Ocean coast. The case has prompted calls for tighter oversight of religious groups in the country.",
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Kenyan doomsday cult leader given life sentence for murdering 191 people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-doomsday-cult-leader-given-life-sentence-for-murdering-191",
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/leader-of-kenyan-doomsday-cult-sentenced-to-200-years-in-prison",
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        "title": "Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years for child murders",
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        "title": "Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison",
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        "published": "2026-11-06T12:37:02.000Z"
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        "title": "Kenyan court sentences starvation cult leader to 200 years",
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        "published": "2026-11-06T12:50:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years in jail for murdering 190 children, one adult",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Kenyan doomsday cult leader jailed for 200 years for murdering 191 followers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-doomsday-cult-leader-jailed-for-200-years-for-murdering-191",
        "published": "2026-11-06T12:55:28.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children",
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        "title": "Kenyan cult leader jailed 200 years for killing 191 people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-cult-leader-jailed-200-years-for-killing-191-people",
        "published": "2026-11-06T13:24:51.000Z"
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        "title": "Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years for child murders",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-starvation-cult-leader-sentenced-to-200-years-for-child-murders-18511919",
        "published": "2026-11-06T14:15:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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