The remains of more than 440 people have been unearthed so far in a case that has been dubbed the 'Shakahola forest massacre.'
The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the world.Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in a packed courtroom in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with 94 co-defendants.
Court documents allege that in early 2023, Mackenzie told his followers in the forest that the end of the world was coming and they must prepare through extreme hunger.He allegedly split members into smaller groups assigned biblical names. It's believed these smaller groups died together and were buried together in mass graves.Mackenzie had set up the church in 2003, but closed it in 2019 and moved to the sleepy town of Shakahola.
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