This brings the death toll in one of the country’s worst tragedies to 201. The sect calls on its followers to commit suicide as a means of salvation.
“Our forensic team managed to recover 22 bodies today, but we have not been informed of any survivors,” local official Rhoda Onyansha told reporters in Chakahola forest. in the south-west of the country, where search operations are continuing.
He said another suspect had also been arrested, bringing the total number of detainees in connection with the self-homicide to 26.
For days, authorities have dug shallow graves strewn across the Chakahola forest for remains and searched the area for survivors as hundreds of people remain missing.
On Friday, another 29 bodies were discovered, including the bodies of 12 children, who were found in a grave.
A Kenyan court on Wednesday denied bail to Good News International Church leader Paul Mackenzie, accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves and their children to death in order to enter paradise before the end of time.
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