Quantity of bodies exhumed from suspected Kenyan cult graves jumps to forty seven | World News

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Kenyan law enforcement have now exhumed the bodies of forty seven men and women considered to be followers of a Christian cult who considered they would go to heaven if they starved them selves to demise.

Safety staff have a rescued youthful human being from the forest in Shakahola, exterior the coastal city of Malindi.(AFP)

Law enforcement close to the coastal city of Malindi commenced exhuming bodies on Friday from the Shakahola forest.

"In whole, forty seven men and women have died at the Shakahola forest," detective Charles Kamau advised Reuters on Sunday.

The exhumations had been nonetheless ongoing, Kamau mentioned.

Previously this thirty day period, law enforcement rescued fifteen associates of the team -- worshippers at the Fantastic News Global Church -- who they mentioned experienced been advised to starve them selves to demise. 4 of them died ahead of they attained clinic, law enforcement mentioned.

The chief of the church, Paul Mackenzie, was arrested pursuing a idea-off that recommended the existence of shallow graves belonging to at minimum 31 of Mackenzie's followers.

Community media, citing law enforcement resources, claimed that Mackenzie has refused to consume or consume although in law enforcement custody.

Inside Minister Kithure Kindiki mentioned the whole 800 acre forest experienced been sealed off and declared a scene of criminal offense.

"This horrendous blight on our conscience should guide not only to the most serious punishment of the perpetrator(s) of the atrocity on so quite a few harmless souls, but tighter regulation (like self-regulation) of every single church, mosque, temple or synagogue heading ahead," he mentioned.

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