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Kenyan Officials 'Abdicated Duty' In Cult Murders: Rights Watchdog

Human remains were discovered last April in Shakahola forest (Credit: AFP)

Kenyan government officials ignored "credible reports" that could have prevented the death of more than 400 suspected doomsday cult members, a state-funded human rights watchdog said on Friday.

The piles of human remains were discovered in April 2023 in Shakahola forest, a vast bushland that lies inland from the Indian Ocean town of Malindi.

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