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Shakahola death toll hits 235 as exhumation suspended to allow autopsy on bodies

One of the bodies exhumed at Pastor Makenzie's Shakahola farm in Malindi, Kilifi County. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

Homicide detectives on Thursday exhumed eight bodies from Shakahola forest, Kilifi county, taking the death toll to 235 as police continue with probe into Pastor Paul Makenzi's religious activities.

Coast Regional Coordinator Rhoda Onyancha announced that the exercise has been suspended for five days to allow pathologists to conduct autopsy on 123 bodies exhumed in the second phase of the operation.

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