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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Andrea Tode Jimenez

'Let The Children Die First': African Cult Leader 'Convinced' Over 400 People To Starve Themselves To Death For End Of The World

(Screenshot: Al Jazeera News)

A horrifying chapter in Kenya's history was uncovered when authorities raided the Good News International Ministries (GNIM), led by self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie. Mackenzie convinced over 400 people, including children, to starve themselves to death in preparation for what he described as the 'end of the world'. The discovery of mass graves shocked the nation, leaving survivors and the families of the deceased haunted by the tragedy.

The Discovery of the Cult and Mass Graves

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