Kenyan cult leader to face murder charges in starvation deaths January 16, 2024 at 11:38PM

Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 associates are ordered by a judge to undergo mental health evaluations before facing charges in connection with the murder of 191 children, whose bodies were exhumed from the Shakahola forest. Mackenzie, head of the Good News International Church, allegedly instructed followers to starve themselves and their children to death for salvation before the world's end. Over 400 bodies were discovered in one of the world's worst recent cult-related tragedies.