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pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie gestures while talking to other defendants as he appears at Malindi Law Courts in Malindi on January 17, 2024.[Photo, AFP]
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the country and the world.
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in court in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with 94 co-defendants, an AFP journalist said.
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