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26 more bodies exhumed from Shakahola village, total now 65

shakahola mass graves

Detectives and residents load bodies onto a police vehicle after digging them out of mass graves on land owned by cult leader Paul Mackenzie at Shakahola village in Kilifi County on April 23, 2023.

Photo credit: Wachira Mwangi | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • This means that total deaths attributed to the cult this month now stand at 73, including the 8 victims who died after a police raid that lifted the lid on the horror church belonging to Paul Mackenzie. 

26 more bodies have been found in Shakahola village in Kilifi County on Monday, bringing the total number of those exhumed since Friday, April 21, to 65. This means that total deaths attributed to the cult this month now stand at 73, including the 8 victims who died after a police raid that lifted the lid on the horror church belonging to Paul Mackenzie. 

Police also rescued nine people from death by starvation today, with five of them being in critical condition. They were rushed to hospital for treatment.