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Kenyan Court Orders Exhumation in New Cult Mass Grave Case
Kenyan Court Orders Exhumation in New Cult Mass Grave Case
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Kenyan Court Orders Exhumation in New Cult Mass Grave CaseThe exhumation will be conducted in the Kilifi County — the same region where over 400 bodies were... 31.07.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Kenyan Court Orders Exhumation in New Cult Mass Grave CaseThe exhumation will be conducted in the Kilifi County — the same region where over 400 bodies were recovered from Shakahola Forest in 2023 — one of the worst cult massacres in modern history.Key details of the new case outlined by Kenya's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions:"Investigators suspect multiple individuals were murdered through starvation and suffocation;"The victims may have been murdered "as a result of adopting and promoting extreme religious ideologies;"Exhumed bodies will undergo postmortem examinations, DNA testing, and cause and manner of death determination;11 suspects are under investigation.In the 2023 Shakahola forest case, cult leader Paul Mackenzie allegedly ordered followers to starve to death so that they could "go to heaven before the world ended." He faces murder and terrorism charges.In April, police rescued 57 weak individuals and recovered two bodies from a church in western Kenya.
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Kenyan Court Orders Exhumation in New Cult Mass Grave Case
The exhumation will be conducted in the Kilifi County — the same region where over 400 bodies were recovered from Shakahola Forest in 2023 — one of the worst cult massacres in modern history.
Key details of the new case outlined by Kenya's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions:
"Investigators suspect multiple individuals were murdered through starvation and suffocation;"
The victims may have been murdered "as a result of adopting and promoting extreme religious ideologies;"
Exhumed bodies will undergo postmortem examinations, DNA testing, and cause and manner of death determination;
11 suspects are under investigation.
In the 2023 Shakahola forest case, cult leader Paul Mackenzie allegedly ordered followers to starve to death so that they could "go to heaven before the world ended." He faces murder and terrorism charges.
In April, police rescued 57 weak individuals and recovered two bodies from a church in western Kenya.
