More than 300 dead after Kenyan doomsday cult leader asked followers to starve to 'meet Jesus.' Here's what we know
he death toll linked to a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to “meet Jesus” has reached at least 318 people as of this week, after investigators exhumed more bodies from mass graves in Shakahola Forest in the southeast of the country. Investigators last week had expanded their search to a wider area in the region.
At least 613 people remain missing in connection to the cult, local officials said, while 95 people have been rescued.Mackenzie was a taxi driver before he founded Good News international church, set up his congregation, and promoted the Shakahola Forest as a refuge. Authorities accuse him of ordering his followers to starve so they could go to heaven before his predicted end of the world date. Government pathologists have said that some victims died of asphyxiation and strangulation.
Paul Nthenge Mackenzie , looks at his lawyer George Kariuki while appearing in the dock with other co-accused at the court in Malindi on May 2, 2023.The Kenyan government has said it intends to convert Shakahola Forest into a memorial site to honor those who passed away in Mackenzie’s cult.
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