KENYA– Four (4) people have died, while about eleven (11) others are in the hospital in Kenya, after allegedly received orders from their preacher to fast to see Jesus – raptured.
It was gathered that three (3) of the eleven (11) people that are in the hospital are in critical condition.
The victims who are believed to be members of Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s Good News International Church say they had been told to fast to avoid “apocalyptic damnation”, the police said.
Police said they will resume a search for more members of the group on Friday morning following reports that others were still in the forest.
The police also found a mass shallow grave at Shakahola Forest in Langobaya, Malindi.
”The police were unable to conduct any further activity at the mass grave because of the hostile residents in the forest believed to be the suspect’s followers” part of the report read.
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The spiritual leader, who was once a controversial televangelist, has been on the detectives’ radar for allegedly preaching a dangerous doctrine that encourages his followers to starve themselves to death in order to reach heaven faster.
When the police visited the area on Thursday evening, April 13, they rescued the victims from his vast farm but he was not arrested despite being at the crime scene.
