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Kenyan court convicts cult leader Paul Mackenzie over 191 starvation deaths

A Kenyan court found Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in the Shakahola forest case.

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  • A Kenyan court found Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over 191 deaths, including 190 children and one adult.
  • Prosecutors said Mackenzie's Good News International Church ordered followers to starve themselves and their children to reach heaven before the world ended.
  • Mackenzie denied forcing victims to starve, and the court rejected that argument.
  • More than 400 bodies have been recovered from shallow graves in Shakahola forest, and only 26 have been identified.
  • The judgment covered 191 deaths while investigations into other deaths continue.
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Says cult leader ordered followers to starve

The Guardian US (Politics): Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult

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The Guardian US reports that prosecutors said Mackenzie's church ordered followers to starve themselves and their children to death to reach heaven.

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Calls the case the Shakahola Forest Massacre

Breitbart (Politics): Kenyan Starvation Cult Leader Found Guilty of Murdering 190 Children

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Breitbart stresses that Mackenzie's followers believed he was Jesus's mouthpiece and that the case is known as the Shakahola Forest Massacre.

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