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Deadly cult: Detectives find 24 graves linked to Mackenzie's church

Rescued parishioners of Makenzie's Good News International Church. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]

Detectives discovered 24 unmarked fresh graves on Thursday at Shakahola in Malindi believed to hold part of the members of a cult who starved to death to ostensibly "meet Jesus."

A mother and her daughter were found fasting and praying in a forest near the village, for pastor Paul Makenzie whom police have linked to the cult. The village is in the southeast of Malindi.

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