MALINDI, Kenya: The death toll in a case involving a Kenyan cult that practised starvation climbed to 73 Monday, police sources told AFP as investigators unearthed more corpses from mass graves in a forest near the coast.
MALINDI, Kenya: The death toll in a case involving a Kenyan cult that practised starvation climbed to 73 Monday, police sources told AFP as investigators unearthed more corpses from mass graves in a forest near the coast. A major search is under way near the coastal town of Malindi where dozens of bodies were exhumed over the weekend, sending shockwaves through the country as President William Ruto vowed to crack down on 'unacceptable' religious movements.
''Unfolding horror' As authorities try to uncover the true scale of what is being dubbed the 'Shakahola Forest Massacre', questions have emerged about how the cult was able to operate undetected despite Nthenge attracting police attention six years earlier.
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