VAST VIEW Kenyan Doomsday Cult Leader Sentenced to 200 Years for Starving 191 to Death
Paul Mackenzie, the preacher behind Kenya's horrifying Shakahola Forest massacre, has been handed a 200-year prison term for starving 190 children and one adult to death.
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A Kenyan court has sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison following his conviction for the murders of 190 children and one adult, according to Al Jazeera. The killings took place in the Shakahola Forest along Kenya's coast between January 2021 and September 2023, Sky News reported.
Mackenzie and several accomplices were found guilty of orchestrating the mass starvation of followers as part of a doomsday cult, according to Al Jazeera. Sky News reported the sentence covers the murder of 191 people in total.
The Shakahola case drew global attention as one of the deadliest cult-related tragedies in recent memory, with investigators uncovering mass graves in the forest where victims, including many children, had been starved to death.
Sources: Al Jazeera · Sky News World
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