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Paul Mackenzie, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, who were members of the Good News International Church, to starve themselves to death in Shakahola Forest, arrives for his judgement at the Mombasa High Court, Kenya, October 19, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Laban Walloga

Kenyan starvation cult leader convicted of deaths of nearly 200 children

The preacher was arrested in 2023 after police received a tip-off, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola Forest near the coast in south-eastern Kenya

Relatives react after viewing the exhumed remains of Esther Biriya Masha who was a follower of the Christian cult named Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death in Shakahola, as the authorities begin to hand over bodies to family members, at the Star Specialist hospital funeral home in Malindi, Kilifi county, Kenya 26 March 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Kenyan families weep for starvation cult victims as first bodies released

FILE PHOTO: Forensic experts and homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), gather to exhume bodies of suspected followers of a Christian cult named as "Good News International Church", who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya May 9, 2023. REUTERS

Death toll from Kenyan doomsday cult crosses 300

Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers of the members of the Good News International Church to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears at Malindi Law Courts, in Malindi, Kenya, 2 May, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Kenyan cult leader to remain in prison after more than 100 followers die

Forensic experts and homicide detectives carry the bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, after their remains were exhumed from their graves in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya 22 April, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Kenyan cult leader appears in court after more than 100 followers die

Naomi Kahindi, who lost her sister and her children, all of them followers of a Christian cult named "Good News International Church", who believed they would go to heaven, if they starved themselves to death in Shakahola, mourns at the Malindi sub district hospital mortuary in Malindi, Kilifi county, Kenya April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Initial autopsies show children starved, asphyxiated in Kenyan cult

Forensic experts and homicide detectives carry the bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, after their remains were exhumed from their graves in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya 22 April, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Autopsies begin on bodies of Kenyan cult members who starved themselves to death

Body bags are seen arranged as forensic experts and homicide detectives exhume bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult has risen to 89 - Kenyan interior minister

Forensic experts and homicide detectives carry the bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, after their remains were exhumed from their graves in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya 22 April, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58 - Kenyan police

Forensic experts and homicide detectives carry the bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, after their remains were exhumed from their graves in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

21 bodies exhumed in Kenya cult probe

Former US President Donald Trump acknowledges people as he gets in his SUV outside Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 9, 2021. Photo :Reuters

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A Hongguang Mini in Liuzhou, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

China EV maker betting on cult status to sell a million cars