Kenyan police recover 67 bodies of suspected starvation cult members

STORY: Kenyan police recover 67 bodies of suspected starvation cult members DATELINE: April 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of police officers at the expansive ranch where sect members are hiding 2. various of detectives exhuming bodies from graves 3. various of Kenyan President William Ruto with security chiefs 4. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President 5. various of the cult leader Mackenzie at a police station 6. various of Red Cross, police and detectives during the search for survivors and fatalities of the sect in the bushes STORYLINE: The death toll from a Christian cult in Kenya that practiced starvation has risen to 67, after more bodies were recovered from mass graves in a forest in the southeast of the country. A major search is underway in the Shakahola forest near the coastal town of Malindi, where dozens of corpses were exhumed over the weekend. The bodies are thought to be those of followers of a cult who reportedly believed th

Four dead, 11 rescued as police unearth cult church in Kenya

STORY: Four dead, 11 rescued as police unearth cult church in Kenya DATELINE: April 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of survivors being brought to the hospital STORYLINE: Four people died and 11 others were rescued while emaciated from occultation underground in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi, the police confirmed on Friday. The police said in a security report that they had been tipped off there were dozens of people starving to death at a private farm in the area. According to the report, the victims were starving after being informed this was part of ways to "go and meet Jesus." The person behind the brainwashing was a pastor of Good News International Church, who had been arrested in the past over similar offenses, police said. The security officers who visited the scene on Thursday were able to reach a few households and managed to rescue 15 people, among them six were emaciated and in critical condition. Medics were called in t