May 14. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Kenyan authorities have raised to 200 the number of bodies exhumed on land used by a Christian sect in a wooded area in Shakahola, in the north of the country, an event that has sparked a wave of criticism and has led to the arrest of the leader of the group, Paul Mackenzie, who could be indicted on terrorism charges.
The Police of the Costa region have located 22 new bodies this Saturday after a second round of exhumations began in the area on Tuesday, while the number of those rescued in Shakahola now amounts to more than 70.
Likewise, the commissioner of the regional Police, Rhoda Onyancha, has stressed that the number of disappearances that could be linked to the activities of the sect has continued to increase and reaches 610, as reported by the Kenyan newspaper ‘The Nation’. .
The main leaders of the sect, headed by Mackenzie, urged followers to fast until death under the promise that they will meet Jesus Christ in a new life. Kenyan President William Ruto has described Mackenzie as a “terrible criminal”.
