RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The people who died because of starvation preached and believed by Christian cult in Kenya raised to 58.
According to “Aljazeera” Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves.
The death toll, which has repeatedly risen as exhumations have been carried out, could rise further.
The Kenyan Red Cross said 112 people have been reported missing to a tracing and counselling desk it has set up at a local hospital.
Kenya’s police chief Japhet Koome, visiting the scene, said the deceased included 50 people found in mass graves as well as eight who were found alive and emaciated but later died.
He added that 29 survivors had been rescued and police were still searching for potential others.
The cult’s leader, Paul Mackenzie, was arrested on April 14 following a tip-off that suggested the existence of shallow graves containing the bodies of at least 31 of his followers.