Death toll rises to 372 in Kenya’s sect to find Jesus – Jovem Pan

Security officers carry a young man rescued from the jungle in Chakhula, on the outskirts of the coastal town of Malindi, on April 23, 2023. 21 bodies were exhumed in Kenya during an investigation into a sect whose followers are believed to have died of starvation. Police sources said on April 22, 2023 warning that the number could rise

The death toll of a Christian cult who fasted to death in a Southern California forest has risen from 360 to 372. Kenya To see Jesus Christ. The information was confirmed on Wednesday, the 12th, by local police. According to the Regional Commissioner of Police for the Kenyan Coast, Rhoda Onyansha, the excavations – which resumed last Monday, the 10th, after being paralyzed for several weeks – are not yet complete, with the death toll rising in the coming weeks. Thus, the Kenyan authorities continue to open the mass graves and tombs that were found in the Chakhula Forest in Kilifi District. Almost all those killed in the so-called “Chukola massacre” were exhumed in that forest covering more than 320 hectares, while only a few died in hospital due to the seriousness of their condition. On 27 June, state pathologist Johansen Odur noted that of the 338 bodies examined so far, 117 were minors and 201 were adults, while 20 were in a state of decomposition too advanced to determine age. The autopsies conducted so far have shown that although all the cadavers showed signs of starvation, some, especially those of children, also showed traces of suffocation and suffocation. In this sense, the first police investigations indicate that the faithful had to continue fasting even if they wanted to leave it. So far, at least 37 suspects have been arrested in connection with the deaths that have shocked the country. Kenya’s Home Minister Keithor Kindiki this week blamed the country’s security and justice forces for negligence for failing to take appropriate action in response to previous complaints against the alleged cult leader, Rev. Paul Mackenzie. The priest, who has been in police custody since April 14, leads the Good News International Church and has worked as a taxi driver in the past.

* With information from EFE.