Families weep as bodies of 400 starvation cult victims finally released
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Relatives emerged weeping from a hospital mortuary in Kenya on Tuesday after recovering the remains of loved ones whose doomsday cult leader induced them to starve themselves, according to the authorities. The bodies of more than 400 followers of the Good News International Church have been exhumed from the Shakahola forest in southeastern Kenya since April 2023 in one of the world’s worst cult-related tragedies of recent decades. Paul Mackenzie, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, is escorted to the Malindi Law Courts “I feel exhausted by the whole process,” said Sylvanus Opodo, who had travelled from western Kenya to recover the body of his brother.
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