Kenyan Cult Leader Gets Life, 200-Year Sentence for Mass Murder
Court in Kenya sentenced Paul Mackenzie, head of a doomsday cult, after convictions for killing hundreds, including ordering children to starve.
The Kenyan court sentenced Paul Mackenzie for murdering 191 people, handing him a life sentence and, 200 years in prison; the sentencing took place on Friday.
Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve their children to death in a forest, telling them they could "meet Jesus", and he and accomplices were convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult.
The cult was linked to the deaths of more than 400 people, a stark reminder of the need for strong law and order.
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BBC News
Kenyan doomsday cult leader given life sentence for murdering 191 people
Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve their children to death in a forest so they could "meet Jesus".
Read the original →Al Jazeera
Kenyan court sentences starvation cult leader to 200 years
Paul Mackenzie and accomplices were convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult.
Read the original →The Washington Times
Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison
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.
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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.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Paul Mackenzie is the leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult.
- A Kenyan court sentenced Paul Mackenzie for murdering 191 people.
- Paul Mackenzie was given a life sentence (BBC News).
- Paul Mackenzie was sentenced to 200 years in prison (Al Jazeera, The Washington Times).
- Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve their children to death in a forest.
- Paul Mackenzie told his followers to starve their children so they could "meet Jesus" (BBC News).
- Paul Mackenzie and accomplices were convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult (Al Jazeera).
- The cult was linked to the deaths of more than 400 people (The Washington Times).
- The sentencing took place on Friday (The Washington Times).
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