SHAKAHOLA, Kenya: The death toll from a suspected starvation cult in Kenya climbed to 90 on Tuesday, including many children, as police said investigators were pausing the search for bodies because the morgues were full.
The discovery of mass graves in the Shakahola forest, near the southeastern coastal town of Malindi, has shocked Kenyans, with cult leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge accused of driving his followers to death by preaching that starvation was the only path to God.
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