Death toll rises in hunger cult scandal

The number of people who died due to the death fast in Kenya rose to 227.

In the investigation of the “cult of hunger”, which sent its followers to death fasting, new corpses were found during the search for mass graves.

Coastal District Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha announced that new bodies were found in the investigation in which cult leader Paul Mackenzie was charged with terrorism, bringing the body count to 227. Onyancha shared the information that the number of detainees increased to 26 and that 611 people are still missing in the town of Malindi, where the sect is located.

On the other hand, in examinations carried out after suspicions of organ trafficking were frequently mentioned in the Kenyan press, it was understood that some people’s organs had been removed. In the autopsies it was determined that some children died of suffocation.

The cult leader, Mackenzie, told the police at the beginning of the investigation that they would arrive at the corpses of 1000 people.

Good News International Church pastor Paul Mackenzie Nthenge told people at his church that Hz was said to have promised them to meet Jesus. After Nthenge’s arrest, the pastor of New Life Church and Prayer Center, Ezekiel Odero, who was allegedly involved in other crimes, was also detained and a commission of inquiry into the “cult of hunger” was established. (AA)