The remains of 21 people have been exhumed from a mass grave in eastern Kenya. According to AFP, the bodies belong to followers of a local religious sect. – We will likely find even more bodies, says a police source to the news agency. Over 30 people, including at least three children, have been found dead in the coastal town of Malindi in Kenya in recent weeks. The bodies are said to belong to followers of the sect Good News International Chruch led by Reverend Makenzie Nthenge. The dead people are said to have been urged by the cult leader to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus. – We have only scratched the surface, which gives a clear indication that we are likely to find even more bodies, a police source told AFP. “Finding more and more graves” Abbas Ade from Nairobi is a relative of one of the victims. – She left her mobile phone and everything at home with a letter, without telling her that she was going to Malindi. So I look through her mobile and discover a message that she would be allowed to meet Jesus, he tells local media. He has been on the ground in Malindi since Monday to find his relative and describes the whole situation as “inhumane”. – We just find more and more graves, he says. Hunger strikes in custody Last week, Makenzie Nthenge was wanted by Kenyan police. At that time, four people had been found dead and eleven seriously injured in a forest. Just a month earlier, the pastor had been charged with causing a couple to starve their own children to death. He was then released on bail of approximately 7,000 Swedish kronor. On April 15, the pastor was arrested again after the discovery in the forest and has since been on hunger strike in custody. On May 2, the pastor will be put on trial, according to AFP.
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21 bodies found in mass grave in Kenya – believed to belong to sect
