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Authorities in Kenya have exhumed nine bodies from graves linked to a notorious starvation cult in Shakahola Forest, where over 400 bodies were previously discovered, raising concerns about ongoing cult activity and recent evidence suggesting foul play and continued communication from jailed cult leader Paul Mackenzie.
Forensic experts have begun the exhumation of 128 victims of Francisco Franco's forces buried anonymously in a mausoleum in Spain. The remains will be matched with DNA of surviving relatives. The exhumations are the first for victims under Spain's historical memory laws aimed at making reparations to Franco's victims and changing the way the dictatorship is viewed in Spain. The work is expected to take weeks, if not months, and will almost certainly not be finished before the July 23 elections that could see the right-wing Popular Party ousting the Socialist-led leftist coalition government.
The death toll from a Kenyan cult tied to a pastor who ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus has surpassed 300, with more exhumations planned. The pastor, Paul Mackenzie, is expected back in court this week after police were granted more time to hold him pending investigations. Mackenzie had been charged in connection with the disappearance of children before his arrest in April. Kenyan President William Ruto has likened Mackenzie to a terrorist, and the interior minister suggested he might be charged with terrorism or genocide-related offenses.