Controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church has surrendered to police after 4 of his followers died while starving to “meet Jesus.”
Mackenzie was also charged last month after 2 children died under similar circumstances.
Police launched a manhunt for the pastor after four people died while being rescued from a forest in Kilifi where they had been starving for three months so as to die in the hope of meeting Jesus.
Eleven people were rescued and taken to hospital.
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Reports indicate that some of them have declined food and medicine, saying they are determined to meet their fate in line with the extreme teachings of pastor Mackenzie.
Malindi sub-county DCI boss Charles Kamau told The Kenya Times that the pastor is being held after he surrendered.
Kamau said they are still combing Shakahola forest for more followers of pastor Mackenzie and are also looking for mass graves said to be there.
“We have those reports of a mass grave and that there are more people who have retreated to the forest to pray, we want to rescue them,” he said and appealed to support from the public.