Kenyan Cult Leader's Starvation Orders Lead to Deaths and Missing Persons.
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The leader of a Kenyan cult instructed his followers to starve themselves to be the first to go to heaven, ahead of the world's end on April 15. Eighty-nine followers of the Good News International Church are known to have died, with the death toll expected to rise further. The cult leader, Paul Mackenzie, has been in police custody since April 14, held alongside 14 other cult members. The Kenyan Red Cross says more than 300 people have been reported as missing.
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