Leader of hunger cult where hundreds died gets 200 years in prison
Original headlineYüzlerce kişinin öldüğü açlık tarikatının liderine 200 yıl hapis
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Paul Mackenzie, the leader of a Kenyan cult who told followers to starve themselves to reach heaven, was sentenced to 200 years in prison for the deaths of 191 people, including 190 children. Twenty-eight others in the same case received lengthy prison terms as well. The mass starvation, one of the deadliest cult tragedies in recent memory, centered on Mackenzie's teachings in the Shakahola forest. The sentences close a key chapter in a case that has drawn global attention to cult abuse and weak oversight of religious groups in Kenya.
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Paul Mackenzie, Kenya