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Kenyan Pastor Paul Mackenzie Appears in Court Over Doomsday Deaths of 190 Children
TIKVAH Ethiopia · yesterday · Read the Full Story on TIKVAH Ethiopia
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Kenyan pastor Paul Mackenzie and 29 followers have appeared in court charged with the murder of 191 people following doomsday teachings that led to mass starvation in Shakahola Forest.
- Pastor Paul Mackenzie and 29 followers appeared in court in Kenya charged with the murder of 191 people.
- All but one of the deceased victims were children.
- The pastor instructed children to fast until death to meet their Creator.
- Mackenzie's doomsday teachings labeled modern medicine as evil and forbade education.
- The accused pleaded not guilty to the murder charges, stating no one was forced to die.
- Authorities exhumed 400 bodies from the Shakahola Forest on the Kenyan coast where Mackenzie led his followers.
- Witness James stated that each grave contained at least three bodies, including infants only a few weeks old.
- Some bodies were found with their hands and feet bound and wrapped in bedsheets.
- A 48-year-old mother named Stephen Mawiti stated she lost six of her children due to Mackenzie's teachings.
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