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  "id": 18506962,
  "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",
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  "published": "2026-11-06T12:55:28.000Z",
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    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3373594/kenyan-doomsday-cult-leader-jailed-200-years-murdering-191-followers"
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  "summary": "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 to meet Jesus. Justice…",
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        "title": "Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children",
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