Kenyan court finds Paul Mackenzie and associates guilty over starvation deaths

Self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie and 28 associates have been found guilty of murdering 191 people, mostly children, following the exposure of an extreme starvation cult in Shakahola Forest.

A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates were on Monday found guilty of murdering 191 people, mostly children, in an infamous starvation cult. Hundreds of bodies have been discovered since 2023 at the cult base inland from the Kenyan beach resort of Malindi, in what became known as the "Shakahola Forest Massacre".

A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates were found guilty on Monday of murdering 191 people, mostly children, in an infamous starvation cult.

MOMBASA, Kenya — A Kenyan court on Monday found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the world's worst cult-related disasters in recent history. Mackenzie and his co-accused will be given their sentence on November 6. He was arrested in 2023 after police received a tip-off, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola Forest near the coast in southeastern Kenya. Prosecutors say Mackenzie and his Good News International Church organised a Christian doomsday sect in which they ordered followers to starve themselves and their children to death to go to heaven before the world ended. Mackenzie denied murder charges, saying he did not force the victims to starve, but the court rejected that argument. In total, more than 400 bodies have been recovered from the Shakahola Forest. Many were severely decomposed, with only 26 bodies able to be identified. Monday's judgment covered 191 deaths while investigations into the other deaths are ongoing. Families in court t

In total, more than 400 bodies have been recovered from the Shakahola Forest

A Kenyan court on Monday found starvation cult leader ⁠Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of ⁠murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in ⁠one of the world’s worst cult-related disasters in recent history. Mackenzie and his co-accused will be given their sentence on November 6. Mackenzie was arrested in 2023 after police received a tip-off, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola Forest near the coast in southeastern...

Preacher Paul Mackenzie was accused of encouraging his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.

Preacher Paul Mackenzie is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.

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A Mombasa court will deliver a long-awaited verdict on Monday in the trial of a self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates, accused of murdering 191 people, mostly children, in an infamous starvation cult. The post Kenyan cult leader faces verdict over 191 starvation deaths appeared first on Vanguard News.

Hundreds of bodies have been discovered since 2023 at the cult base inland from the Kenyan beach resort of Malindi, in what became known as the 'Shakahola Forest Massacre'.