A cult leader has been found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult after telling his followers they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death.
Paul Mackenzie, who ran the Good News International Church in Kenya and told families schools were ‘Satanic’, had convinced his disciples the world was ending.
A Kenyan court heard how parents at times stopped their children from eating – and then watched them starve.
Mackenzie’s crimes started to come to light in 2023 after a tip-off to police revealed extensive shallow graves near his Christian doomsday sect in the Shakahola Forest.
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