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The leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty
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Kenya Good International Church starvation cult murder convictions
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Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for murdering 190 children and one adult in Shakahola Forest, where followers were starved on his orders; 28 accomplices have also been jailed.
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In this event Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison
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BBC News – World BBC
Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was found guilty of 191 murder charges - all but one of them children.
Al Jazeera
Kenya convicts cult leader over the murder of 190 children
The leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty
News24
Kenyan cult leader guilty on all charges over 191 starvation deaths
A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates were found guilty on Monday of murdering 191 people, mostly children, in an infamous starvation cult.
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Guardian
Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutors A Kenyan court has found the 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. Mackenzie was arrested in 2023 after police received a tipoff, and weeks lat…
DW
Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie found guilty over 191 starvation deaths
Preacher Paul Mackenzie is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.
DW
Kenya: Cult leader guilty of murdering 190 children, 1 adult
Preacher Paul Mackenzie was accused of encouraging his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.
Al Jazeera
Kenyan court convicts starvation cult leader for murder of 191 people
Doomsdays cult leader Paul Mackenzie had denied ordering the victims to starve so they could 'meet Jesus'.
Sky News – World Sky
Doomsday cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult
Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie, his wife Rhoda Maweu, and 29 other co-accused have been found guilty of the murder of 190 children and one adult.
