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Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
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The clear picture
What happened
The Guardian reports that Paul Mackenzie was found guilty of murdering 191 people, identified as 190 children and one adult. The Guardian says prosecutors alleged that Mackenzie and his church established a sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children.
Latest development
The Guardian’s added report specifies the 191 murder victims as 190 children and one adult and attributes the alleged starvation orders to Mackenzie and his church.
Why it matters
The conviction concerns 191 murder counts, while The Guardian’s account places the prosecution’s alleged mechanism of harm in orders directed at both adult followers and their children.
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Sources
Compiled from 2 independent publishers The Guardian · Al Jazeera
The Guardian reports prosecutors’ allegation that Mackenzie and his church ordered starvation; Al Jazeera reports Mackenzie’s denial of ordering victims to starve.
Bottom line
The reporting establishes a conviction involving 191 deaths, but does not provide enough detail to determine how the court attributed individual responsibility for the alleged starvation orders.
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- Development updated
New reporting from The Guardian: Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult.
1 source at this update - Headline updated
Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutors.
2 sources at this update - First reported
Doomsdays cult leader Paul Mackenzie had denied ordering the victims to starve so they could 'meet Jesus'.
1 source at this update