One of the defendants during the trial stated that Mackenzie said anyone who refuses to fast should be "forcibly sent to heaven by kicks and punches." #paulmackenzie #kenija #ubojstva (translated)
Paul Mackenzie
According to the court, Mackenzie instructed his followers to deny food to their children because that way they could meet Jesus, the BBC reported. #KenyaiSzekta #PaulMackenzie #Gyilkosság (translated)
But according to one leader's testimony, Mackenzie told his followers: whoever "resists the instruction regarding hunger must be sent to heaven with kicks and punches." #KenyaiSzekta #Éhezés #Emberölés (translated)
Mackenzie denied the accusation and claimed that he did not force anyone to starve. #Kenya #masovévraždy #náboženskésekty (translated)
Mackenzie had his lawyers explain that he and the other defendants were themselves victims of the tragedy and had also lost children and possessions. #Kenia #Sekten #Kindermord (translated)
Survivors reported that Mackenzie had told them the end of the world was near and they should starve themselves to death beforehand "to see Jesus." #Kenia #Mordprozess #Sektengewalt (translated)
In total, 28 defendants stood before the court, led by Mackenzie, who instructed his followers to starve children so they could "meet Jesus." #Kenija #kultuLiķis #bērnuApsargātība (translated)
Prosecutors said that Mackenzie, who led an end-of-world church in a forest near the eastern coast of Kenya by the Indian Ocean, had told his followers to starve to death, along with their children, in order to go to heaven in anticipation of the day of judgment. #Κένυα #Δολοφονίες #Αίρεση (translated)
Mackenzie faces charges of murder and terrorism in other cases, which she denies. #Keenia #näljasekt #mõrv (translated)
Paul Mackenzie convinced his followers that death means salvation. #sekta #Kenia #przestępczość (translated)
He convinced his followers to starve their children "so that they could meet Jesus sooner." #Kenia #sekten #kindermishandeling (translated)
Mackenzie had called the members of his "International Church of the Good News" to fast until death. #Kenia #Hungersekte #PaulMackenzie (translated)
Makenzijs promised his followers that the day of judgment is expected on April 15, 2023. #Kenija #slepkavība #kults (translated)
Mackenzie, a former taxi driver, had convinced his followers that the end of the world was imminent, and that they could reach Jesus by fasting to death. #Sektenführer #Mordfall #Kenia (translated)
Makenzie denied all accusations, claiming that he did not pressure his followers to fast. #Kenija #slepkavība #badošanās (translated)
Makenzi denied all allegations, claiming that he did not pressure his followers to fast. #Kenija #badošanās #reliģiskaiskults (translated)


