The exhumation of another 12 bodies brought the death toll in Kenya's starvation cult case to 403. Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha said the bodies were found in the Shakahola forest following the latest round of exhumations. The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation to "meet Jesus Christ" has exceeded 400 after 12 more bodies were found on Monday, a senior official said. "Total death Toll - 403," Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha told AFP in a message, following the latest round of exhumations in the Shakahola forest, where cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie allegedly urged followers to starve to death. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki last week accused the police of laxity in investigating the initial reports of starvation in the forest.

Source: News 24 July 18, 2023 09:31 UTC