{"id":148247,"date":"2025-08-28T21:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-police-discover-five-bodies-linked-to-cult"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:05:08","slug":"kenya-police-discover-five-bodies-linked-to-cult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-police-discover-five-bodies-linked-to-cult","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Police Discover Five Bodies Linked to Cult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span><b>The legacy of the self-proclaimed pastor, Paul Mackenzie continues to shake Kenya, as authorities uncover five new bodies linked to the deadliest cult massacre in history.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Starve and you will meet Jesus&#8221;, that is what Kenyan Pastor Paul Mackenzie allegedly told his followers before they died.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie is the leader of the Good News International Church, which he claims to have founded after &#8220;hearing the call&#8221; from God.<\/p>\n<p>The religious leader is accused of ordering his followers in south-eastern Kenya to starve themselves and their children to death so that they could go to heaven before the world ended.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, authorities uncovered five bodies buried in shallow graves near the coastal town of Kilifi after finding another 19 victims in the past five days of search.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives, forensic experts, and government pathologists have all been deployed to support the exhumation of 27 suspected mass graves.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities believe the newly discovered bodies may be connected to one of Kenya\u2019s worst cult-related mass deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan police have arrested 11 suspects in the Kilifi murder case, who are all former followers of Pastor Paul Mackenzie.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents show that the suspects stayed in Mackenzie&#8217;s commune in Shakahola forest, central Kenya, where 400 members of his doomsday cult were found dead two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie was since arrested on murder and terrorism charges and remains in custody awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Kenya<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. The legacy of the self-proclaimed pastor, Paul Mackenzie continues to shake Kenya, as authorities uncover five new bodies linked to the deadliest cult massacre in history. &#8220;Starve and you will meet Jesus&#8221;, that is what Kenyan Pastor Paul Mackenzie allegedly told his followers before they died. 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