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☆ Kenya: Death toll in starvation cult rises to 58, police say
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
Reuters —Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies from mass graves in the Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, the country’s police chief said on Monday. Police near the coastal town of Malindi started exhuming bodies on Friday from the Shakahola forest. Earlier this month, police rescued 15 members of the group – worshippers at the church – who they said had been told to starve themselves to death. Local media, citing police sources, reported that Mackenzie has refused to eat or drink while in police custody. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said the entire 800 acre forest had been sealed off and declared a scene of crime.
☆ Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58 - police
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Hereward Holland | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The death toll, which has repeatedly risen as exhumations have been carried out, could rise further. The Kenyan Red Cross said 112 people have been reported missing to a tracing and counselling desk it has set up at a local hospital. Kenya's Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome, visiting the scene, said the death toll included 50 people found in mass graves as well as eight who were found alive and emaciated, but later died. Koome said 14 other cult members were in police custody. Reporting by Hereward Holland; Writing by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Alexander WinningOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Number of bodies exhumed from suspected Kenyan cult graves jumps to 47
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Humphrey Malalo | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
REUTERS/StringerNAIROBI, April 23 (Reuters) - Kenyan police have now exhumed the bodies of 47 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death. Police near the coastal town of Malindi started exhuming bodies on Friday from the Shakahola forest. "In total, 47 people have died at the Shakahola forest," detective Charles Kamau told Reuters on Sunday. The leader of the church, Paul Mackenzie, was arrested following a tip-off that suggested the existence of shallow graves belonging to at least 31 of Mackenzie's followers. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said the entire 800 acre forest had been sealed off and declared a scene of crime.
☆ Kenya police begin exhuming remains from suspected Christian cult graves
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Humphrey Malalo | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Police began exhuming bodies on Friday, said Charles Kamau, a detective in the nearby town of Malindi, without giving further details. The leader of the church, Paul Mackenzie, was arrested following a tip-off that also suggested the existence of shallow graves belonging to at least 31 of Mackenzie's followers. Police said the 15 rescued worshippers had been told to starve themselves to death so they could meet their creator. Matthew Shipeta from Haki Africa, a human rights group, said he had seen at least 15 shallow graves in the forest. "Personally I have visited about 18 children's graves," Mikali told Citizen TV.
☆ Four Kenyans, told their work on Earth was done, fast to death, police say
  + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
All 15 were members of the Good News International Church in the coastal county of Kilifi, police said. "In the process of rescuing the victims, four of them died," police said in an incident report. "They starved after being radicalised by a certain member of a church told them that their work in this world was done... and they were waiting to die and see their creator," he said on Citizen Television. In a March 23 affidavit, police said the parents had starved and suffocated the two boys on Nthenge's advice. Reporting by Humphrey Malalo; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Duncan Miriri and Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Multiple dead in Jehovah's Witness hall shooting in Germany
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The scene of the shooting was the Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall, a modern and boxy three-story building next door to an auto repair shop. Student Laura Bauch, who lives nearby, said "there were about four periods of shooting," German news agency dpa reported. She said she looked out her window and saw a person running from the ground floor to the second floor of the Jehovah's Witnesses hall. Police had no information on the event that was under way in the building when the shooting took place. Jehovah's Witnesses are part of an international church, founded in the United States in the 19th century and headquartered in Warwick, New York.
☆ The YouTube prayer channel started during Covid that's become a global movement
  + stars: | 2022-08-21 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +9 min
Eze's YouTube channel receives one of the highest Super Chat donations in the world, according to PlayboardAmong his ardent fans is award-winning Nigerian singer D'banj who tells CNN joining Eze's morning prayers has become a routine. Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh says she also connected with Eze's ministry early last year. He had started livestreaming hoping to inspire his congregation when the pandemic shut down all church services and attendance at his fledgling ministry, Streams of Joy International, dwindled. Eze's daily messages of encouragement later morphed into a daily online prayer network every weekday on YouTube and other video-sharing services. "People all over the world are accustomed to waking up and finding Pastor Jerry online," Eze says.
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