Morgue is full: How Kenyan starvation cult kept killing

THE discovery of body parts and skeletons strewn around an isolated village in coastal Kenya has stoked fears that a doomsday starvation cult which claimed hundreds of lives has survived despite a major police operation.

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MORTUARY workers move the remains of several members of the same family who were victims of a Kenyan starvation cult at a private mortuary in Malindi, Kenya.

(AFP)

Two years ago, an investigation into what became known as the “Shakahola Forest Massacre” revealed one of the world’s worst death cults had been operating just inland from Kenya's beautiful beaches.

Almost 450 bodies were discovered in mass graves - most starved to death, though some, including children, were strangled, beaten and suffocated.

The alleged leader, a former taxi driver and self-proclaimed pastor named Paul Mackenzie, is accused of inciting his followers to starve themselves to “meet Jesus”, using enforcers to ensure no one left the forest hideout alive.