Kenya Starvation Cult Leader Convicted
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MOMBASA, Kenya - A Kenyan court on Oct 19 found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult-related disasters in recent history.
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Mackenzie, who was once a taxi driver, founded Good News International Church in 2003 and began preaching increasingly apocalyptic sermons and encouraging his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so they could reach heaven before the end of the world.
Mackenzie was arrested in 2023 after police received a tipoff, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola forest near the coast in south-eastern Kenya.
Kenyan President William Ruto said in 2023 that government agencies should have been able to prevent the deaths.
A former taxi driver, Mackenzie forbade cult members from sending their children to school and from going to hospital when they were ill, branding such institutions as Satanic, some of his followers told Reuters for a 2023 article.
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MOMBASA, Kenya - A Kenyan court on Oct 19 found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult-related disasters in recent history.
Coverage 8 articles
- 20 Oct Kenyan cult leader convicted of murder over starvation of nearly 200 children
South China Morning Post 20 Oct Kenyan death cult leader found guilty of 191 murder charges
ABC News (AU)- 19 Oct What to know about Kenya's starvation cult after its leader is convicted on 191 murder charges
Toronto Star - 19 Oct Paul Mackenzie: The former taxi driver turned starvation death cult leader
The Independent 
19 Oct Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
The Guardian
19 Oct Doomsday cult leader who told parents to starve their children is found guilty of 191 murders
Daily Mail19 Oct Kenyan starvation cult leader convicted of murder over deaths of 190 children, one adult
The Straits Times- 19 Oct Starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 190 children
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