[China Anti-Cult Network June 28, 2023 news, correspondent: Susan] According to a report on the website (Standardmedia.co.ke) of the Kenyan media "Xinbao" on June 27, Kenyan government experts revealed that in the cult massacre in the country's Shakahola Forest, 338 cult believers of the "Good News International Church" are known to have been killed, including 117 children, and the proportion of children killed exceeds the mass suicide of the "People's Temple" cult in the 70s of last century. The main reason is that in addition to encouraging believers to commit suicide on the grounds that "you can see Jesus early if you starve to death," the cult leader in question also misinterpreted the original meaning of the Christian Bible and starved the minor children of believers to death first.
Dr. Johansen Odur, Chief Government Pathologist in Kenya. Original text with pictures
According to Dr. Johansen Oduor, the Kenyan government's chief pathologist, 117 children have been killed in the apocalyptic cult massacre in the Shakahora Forest in Kilifi County.
In an interview at Malindi's morgue after completing the third autopsy, Odur said most of the child victims died of strangulation, suffocation and starvation.
"So far, we have carried out 338 autopsies, of which 201 are adults, 117 are children and another 20 cannot be determined by age because the bodies are too decomposed." Odur said.
Odur further noted that 131 were male, 185 female and 22 could not be identified due to the decomposition of the bodies.
Kenya has now exhumed the bodies of 338 murdered believers, including 117 children, near the camp of the Good News International Church
Family members of Good News International Church hold photos of missing loved ones
Most of the children's bodies were exhumed from the homestead of cult leader Paul Makenzi. Mackenzie allegedly told his followers that he buried his children in his home because he followed Jesus' hadith, "Let the little children come to me."
Odur also said that after completing the autopsy of 96 bodies exhumed in the third phase, the fourth phase of exhumation of the shallow grave in the Shakahora forest will begin on July 5, 2023.
"The excavation team has been resting for a week and is currently preparing for the fourth phase of excavation, which is expected to start next week." Odur said.
In November 1978, the scene of the mass suicide of members of the American "People's Temple" also occurred deep in the dense forest. Of the 909 deaths, 276 were children, most of whom were forced by their parents to drink highly toxic beverages
According to the China Anti-Cult Network, in the mass suicide incident of the American cult "People's Temple" that shocked the world on November 18, 1978, a total of 909 believers died, of whom 276 were killed children, accounting for 30.4 percent. In this mass death incident of the "Good News International Church" cult in Kenya, 338 believers are known to have died, of which 117 are children, accounting for 34.6%, and the proportion of children killed is higher than that of the "People's Temple" incident. The reason for this is that Mackenzie, the leader of the "Good News International Church," misinterpreted the original meaning of the Christian Bible.
Screenshot of part of chapter 19 of the Christian Bible Gospel of Matthew
In the biblical Gospel of Matthew (chapter 19 verses 13 through 15), a man who brought a child to Jesus in the hope that Jesus would lay on his hands and pray for blessings was rebuked by Jesus' disciples, and Jesus, out of the equality of all beings, asked him to come to him with the child and bless him.
There is a record of trading believers' real estate funds between Ma Kenzi (left), the leader of the Good News International Church, and Ezekiel Odero, another pastor of New Life Church who also encouraged believers to "starve to death to see Jesus early."
However, according to previous media disclosures, Mackenzi, the leader of the "Good News International Church" cult, evolved the blessing of Christ Jesus into Jesus wanting children to go to heaven, encouraging believers to let their children starve to death without eating or drinking under the scorching sun, cutting off the idea of licking calves and strengthening their mortal heart. The reason behind Mackenzi's behavior was also revealed by the media, that is, according to the police, there was a record of funds between Mackenzie and another pastor who also encouraged believers to commit suicide on the grounds that "starvation can see Jesus early".