a Christian sect with deadly excesses

For a week, Kenya has been holding its breath. In the forest of Shakahola, bodies came out of the ground. One question is on everyone’s mind: how many people have lost their lives here? All were victims of a sect and a pastor who pushed them to fast until death. So far, 98 bodies have been discovered, the majority of them children. “The alleged use of the Bible to kill people, to bring about the widespread slaughter of innocent civilians cannot be condoned by any law on earth”comments the country’s interior minister.

The pastor was arrested

The self-proclaimed pastor of the International Church of the Good News has been arrested. He surrendered himself to the police on April 14. It was then that the police discovered what was happening in the forest, where the pastor gathered his followers. “People were starving after being radicalized by some church members who were telling them their work in this world was over and they had to die to join their maker”, says a representative of the criminal intervention squad. Thirty-nine people were found alive.