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Kenyan cult leader jailed 200 years for ordering followers to starve to death

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A doomsday cult leader in Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for his role in the deaths of 191 followers. Mackenzie, the leader of the Good News International Ministries, ordered his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus. The High Court in Mombasa convicted him of murdering 190 children and one adult, deeming him primarily responsible for relocating his followers and instructing them to fast. AI

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Kenyan cult leader jailed 200 years for ordering followers to starve to death

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Associated Press ·

    Kenyan doomsday cult leader jailed for 200 years for murdering 191 followers

    The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people. The High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa issued the sentence for Pastor Paul Mackenzie. He was convicted of mur…

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