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Four people starve to death while fasting 'to meet Jesus'

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Some of the victims were rescued and hospitalised. [Markion Kithi, Standard]

Four people have starved to death in Kilifi County after a pastor instructed them to fast, supposedly to save them from an imminent "painful death in the world".

The four, worshippers of Pastor Paul Mackenzie's Good News International Church, died after going for days without food and water at Shakahola village in Magarini Constituency.

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