Kenyan authorities confirmed in official statements that the police have exhumed 73 corpses so far in a forest in the east of the country, thought to belong to adherents of a Christian religious group who had starved themselves to death based on their belief that they would go to heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kenyan Red Cross said that 112 bodies have been reported missing, confirming that death too could rise as more bodies are being recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports, adherents of the Good News International Church had lived in seclusion in settlements in the Shakahola Forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local authorities stated that the cult’s leader, Paul Mackenzie, was arrested on Apr. 14th, following information that suggested existence of graves containing corpses of at least 31 of his followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local Kenyan news outlets said that a court judge gave police two weeks’ time to conduct investigations, while Mackenzie was ordered to be kept in detention as he refused food and drink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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