The discovery of mass graves last month near the Indian Ocean coastal town of Malindi has stunned the deeply religious Christian-majority country in what has been dubbed the 'Shakahola forest massacre'.
NAIROBI - Autopsies on corpses found in mass graves linked to a religious cult in Kenya have revealed missing organs and raised suspicions of forced harvesting, investigators said, with a fresh round of exhumations set to resume Tuesday.
While starvation appears to be the main cause of death, some of the victims - including children - were strangled, beaten, or suffocated, according to the chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor. It is "believed that trade on human body organs has been well coordinated involving several players," he said, giving no details about the suspected trafficking.
A total of 112 people have so far been confirmed dead, interior minister Kithure Kindiki said Tuesday after arriving in Malindi to supervise the resumption of exhumations, which were suspended last week because of bad weather.
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