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Kenyan suspect in religious cult deaths dies in custody after hunger strike

Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, who were members of the Good News International Church, to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, and his wife Rhoda Mumbua Maweu, speak to their lawyer George Kariuki from a steel-grilled dock at the Shanzu Law Courts, in Mombasa, Kenya, on 10th May, 2023.

Mombasa, Kenya Reuters A Kenyan accused of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of members of a starvation cult has died after a 10-day hunger strike in police custody, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.  Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, who were members of the Good News International Church, […]