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Shakahola body count rises to 257 after seven more bodies retrieved

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki inside Paul Makenzi's house in Shakahola forest, Kilifi County. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

Detectives exhumed seven more bodies from mass graves in Shakahola forest linked to a doomsday cult, bringing the death toll to 257.

The number of missing persons reported to have been members of Good News International church linked to Paul Makenzi is about 613, according to coastal regional commissioner Rhoda Onyanacha.

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