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Twenty-one deceased, including children, have been exhumed from a forest outside Kenya’s coastal town of Malindi. All were members of a cult whose leader allegedly ordered them to fast so they could “meet Jesus,” according to police who warn that others might be found dead.
Kenyan police said Sunday they had uncovered bodies of another 26 people believed to be members of a cult, bringing to 47 the number of corpses linked to the movement found in three days.
Charles Kamau, head of criminal investigations in Malindi, eastern Kenya, said: Today we have exhumed 26 more bodies and this brings the total number of bodies from that place to 47.