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Kenya finds new mass graves near Shakahola cult site

In a grim echo of a national tragedy, Kenyan authorities have exhumed five corpses from shallow graves just two kilometers from the site where over 400 followers of a doomsday cult perished two years ago.

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00:00Authorities in Kenya have unearthed five more corpses from shallow graves in coastal Kilifi County, reviving memories of a horrific doomsday cult.
00:11Government pathologist Dr. Richard Njarogi Umtazde said ten human body parts were also found scattered in nearby thickets in the Kwabinzaro area of Kilifi County, approximately two kilometers from Shakaola cult site, and that the exhumation process would resume on Friday.
00:30Investigators have identified 27 more suspected mass graves, raising fears of many more victims.
00:39Eleven suspected followers of cult leader Paul McKenzie have been arrested in connection with the new findings.
00:46In 2023, over 400 bodies were exhumed from shallow graves in Shakaola region of Kilifi County, where Pastor Paul McKenzie had instructed his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus.
01:02Thank you so much.

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