Doomsday cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult
Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie, his wife Rhoda Maweu, and 29 other co-accused have been found guilty of the murder of 190 children and one adult.
Sky News reports: Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie, his wife Rhoda Maweu, and 29 other co-accused have been found guilty of the murder of 190 children and one adult.
The story is also being covered by The Guardian, DW and Al Jazeera English. The Guardian adds: Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutors A Kenyan court has found the starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult-related disasters in recent history. DW reports that he ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent. Al Jazeera English adds that the leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty.
This world story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Paul Mackenzie, Kenyan and Rhoda Maweu.
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Events like this can shape regional stability, diplomacy and humanitarian conditions beyond the country where they unfold. 4 separate news organisations are reporting on it, a sign of its wider significance.
Key details
- Location
- United Kingdom · Europe
- Reported by
- Sky News, The Guardian, DW and Al Jazeera English
- First reported
- Key names
- Paul Mackenzie, Kenyan, Rhoda Maweu, Shakahola
- Section
- World
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- Sky NewsDoomsday cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult
- DWKenya: Cult leader guilty of murdering 190 children, 1 adult
- The GuardianKenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
- Al Jazeera EnglishKenya convicts cult leader over the murder of 190 children
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