Kenyan cultic pastor charged with murder and terrorism
Authorities say Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death, to go to heaven
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Authorities say Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death, to go to heaven
A Kenyan court on Thursday charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers.The cult leader was also charged with "organised criminal activity", according to documents from the Mombasa court seen by AFP. A largely Christian nation, Kenya has struggled to regulate unscrupulous churches and cults that dabble in criminality.
The head of the Good News International Church, ordered his followers in southeastern Kenya to starve themselves and their children to death so that they could go to heaven before the world ended.
The charge sheet indicates that Mackenzie and his co-accused engaged in organised criminal activities
The self-proclaimed Pastor Paul Mackenzie has been in custody since April