Thirty-nine bodies have been found so far on land owned by a pastor, who was arrested over links to cultism. 9News
Malindi sub-county police chief John Kemboi said that more shallow graves have yet to be dug up on the land belonging to pastor Paul Makenzi, who was arrested on April 14 over links toThe total death toll is 43, because a further four people died after they and others were discovered starving at the Good News International Church last week.
A tipoff from members of the public led police to raid the pastor’s property in Malindi, where they found 15 emaciated people, including the four who later died.Police had been told there were dozens of shallow graves spread across Makenzi’s farm and digging started on Friday.Police and local residents load the exhumed bodies of victims of a religious cult into the back of a truck in the village of Shakahola, near the coastal city of Malindi, in southern Kenya Sunday, April 23, 2023.
The pastor has been arrested twice before, in 2019 and in March of this year, in relation to the deaths of children.Local politicians have urged the court not to release him this time, decrying the spread of cults in the Malindi area.to receive our daily newsletters and breaking news alerts, sent straight to your inbox.
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