"Kenyan Cult Leader and 29 Followers Charged with Murder of 191 Children"

Kenyan cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 29 associates have been charged with the murder of 191 children found among hundreds of victims buried in a forest. Prosecutors allege that Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death in anticipation of the world ending. The former taxi driver turned self-proclaimed pastor has also been charged with terrorism, manslaughter, child torture, and cruelty. Autopsies revealed that most victims died of hunger, while others, including children, showed signs of strangulation, beating, or suffocation. The case has prompted calls for tighter regulation of fringe denominations in Kenya, a predominantly Christian nation struggling to control criminal elements within religious groups.
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