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The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult is sentenced to 200 years in prison

Headline from NPR · First reported Nov 6, 7:03 AM ET () · Updated Nov 6, 4:43 PM ET · 15 sources, 15 articles

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Cult leader Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.

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Washington PostLeft-CenterMostly Factual·Nov 6, 4:43 PM ET

Kenya cult leader handed 200-year sentence for 191 murders

Paul Nthenge Mackenzie encouraged his followers to starve themselves to death.

New York TimesLeft-CenterHigh·Nov 6, 4:13 PM ET

Kenya Cult Leader Handed 200 Year Prison Sentence for Mass Murder

Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told followers to starve themselves in order to meet Jesus, an edict that was violently enforced, a court heard during his trial.

The IndependentLeft-CenterMixed·Nov 6, 2:22 PM ET

Kenyan doomsday cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison after murders of 190 children

Pastor Paul Mackenzie was sentenced for the murders of 191 people in total at the High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa

The GuardianLeft-CenterHigh·Nov 6, 10:08 AM ET

Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years for murder of 190 children

Paul Mackenzie convicted over deaths of children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult disasters…

NPRLeft-CenterHigh·Nov 6, 9:53 AM ET

The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult is sentenced to 200 years in prison

Cult leader Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.

ABC NewsLeft-CenterHigh·Nov 6, 9:25 AM ET

Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison

The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of hundreds of people has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people

South China Morning PostLeft-CenterMixed·Nov 6, 7:55 AM ET

Kenyan doomsday cult leader jailed for 200 years for murdering 191 followers

The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people. The High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa issued the sentence for Pastor Paul Mackenzie. He was convicted of murdering 190 children…

DWLeft-CenterHigh·Nov 6, 7:03 AM ET

Kenya cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years

A court in Kenya has sentenced Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and an adult. He told them to starve themselves to death as part of his apocalyptic religious cult.

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