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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie looks on as he appears at Malindi Law Courts in Malindi on February 6, 2024. — AFP file pic
MOMBASA (Kenya), July 8 — The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial today on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the country and the world.
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in court in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with 94 co-defendants, an AFP journalist said.
Journalists were removed from the courtroom shortly after the start of the hearing to enable a protected witness to take the stand.
Mackenzie, who was arrested in April last year, is alleged to have incited his acolytes to starve to death in order to “meet Jesus”.
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He and his co-accused all pleaded not guilty to the charges of terrorism at a hearing in January.
They also face charges of murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, and child torture and cruelty in separate cases.
The remains of more than 440 people have been unearthed so far in a remote wilderness inland from the Indian Ocean coastal town of Malindi, in a case that has been dubbed the “Shakahola forest massacre”.
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Autopsies carried out on 100 bodies have found that while starvation appeared to be the main cause of death, some of the victims—including children—were strangled, beaten, or suffocated.
Previous court documents also said that some of the bodies had had their organs removed. — AFP
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