Death toll in Kenya starvation cult case passes 400

“Total death Toll - 403,” Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha told AFP in a message, following the latest round of exhumations in the Shakahola forest, where cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie allegedly urged followers to starve to death.

“Exhumation continues tomorrow,” Onyancha added, as investigators search for more graves in the forest, where the first victims – some dead, others alive but weakened and emaciated – were discovered on April 13.

According to government autopsies, starvation appears to have been the main cause of death, although some victims, including children, were strangled, beaten or suffocated.

  • @[email protected]
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    141 year ago

    Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to live as a commoner in various points throughout history. Prehistory, Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, Rome…

    This. This is what it’s like. Living and dying by superstitious nonsense, spouted by con men.

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      1 year ago

      edit: the comment above is edgy as hell, people in history pet their cats and made art and told stories, some of which they believed were true. the text below is a reminder that you’re not superior to them, and not all religions are cults.

      reminder to everyone that you are not immune to cults

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        Reminder to those of us who grew up in cults: not everyone is out to trick you into joining another cult. Sometimes a guy is just offering you free samples in the grocery store.

    • Hank
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      51 year ago

      Kool aid and Nike shoes got expensive.

  • livus
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    61 year ago

    Last month, 65 of his followers who were rescued were charged with attempted suicide after they refused to eat, drawing condemnation from rights groups.

    They’re really handling this badly. They definitely need a diferent approach.

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      21 year ago

      Especially given the fact that there seemed to be a group of men preventing people from escaping or eating.

      • livus
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        21 year ago

        Good point. These people are caught between two oppressive authorities at this point - the police and the cult enforcers.