Kenyan starvation cult 'massacre' toll hits 90

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 27, 2023 12:00 am

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.

The local spiritual leaders from Kaya-Giriama ethnic group walk to visit the mass-grave site in the forest in Shakahola, outside the coastal town of Malindi, on April 24, 2023. - The death toll in a case involving a Kenyan cult that practised starvation climbed to 73 on April 24, 2023, police sources told AFP as investigators unearthed more corpses from mass graves in a forest near the coast. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

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