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As cult deaths top 100, another Kenyan pastor arrested over 'mass killings'

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A Kenyan televangelist was arrested on Thursday after reports of the “mass killing of his followers”, the interior minister said as authorities investigated scores of other deaths linked to a religious cult from the same region.

As news of pastor Ezekiel Odero's detention spread, officials said the death toll had reached 103 in the separate cult investigation that has shocked the nation and prompted calls for a crackdown on religious fringe groups.

Odero was “being processed to face criminal charges related to mass killing of his followers”, Kindiki added, without going into details on how many people had died. He made no comment on whether the cases were linked. The death toll, already one of the worst in the recent history of cult-related tragedies, is expected to rise as the Kenyan Red Cross says more than 300 people are missing.

 

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