Kenya: Kenyan Cult Leader Sentenced to 200 Years for Shakahola Forest Deaths
Verified: 32 outlets in 22 countries have reported this story since Nov 5.
[RFI] A self-proclaimed preacher from Kenya was sentenced to 200 years in prison on Friday for murdering 191 people, mostly children, by forcing them to starve to death. Hundreds of bodies have been discovered since 2023 at the cult's base near the beach resort of Malindi, in what became known as the Shakahola forest massacre.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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[Claude] All three reports cover the same sentencing of Paul Mackenzie over the Shakahola deaths; the death toll is given as 191 in some and 190 children in another, which are consistent with each other rather
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