10 Additional Bodies Found in Shakahola Massacre, Death Toll Reaches 360
Exhumations carried out by police officials in Shakahola forest have turned up ten additional bodies from the mass graves in Kilifi County where it is claimed that victims of a cult are buried.
Since Monday, when the fourth and last part of the exhumation began, this takes the total number of people who have died as a result of the starvation cult to 360, as stated by the Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha.
According to Regional Commissioner Onyancha, there have been no more arrests made about the deaths; as a result, the total number of arrests has remained the same at 37.
She also mentioned that the number of people who have been rescued up to this point is still 95, while the total number of DNA samples taken is 253.
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On Monday, the Secretary of the Interior Cabinet, Professor Kithure Kindiki, stated that they anticipate the discovery of additional dead from the 40 new graves that have been located.
On Tuesday, he testified before an ad hoc committee of the Senate that the government has no intelligence information concerning the events that took place in the Shakahola forest, where it is claimed that over 600 people are still missing.
There is a connection between the alleged cult and the notorious pastor of Good News International Church, Paul Mackenzie. Mackenzie is accused of brainwashing his congregation into starving themselves to death to “meet Jesus.”
Mackenzie is still being held in jail by the police.
10 Additional Bodies Found in Shakahola Massacre, Death Toll Reaches 360
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