The USA has evacuated most officials from their embassy in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. A UN group has warned that the country is 'under siege' as armed gangs have taken over the presidential palace and police headquarters.
Mackenzie, who ran the Good News International Church, is accused of leading a doomsday cult where he instructed his mass followers to starve themselves and their children to death so they could reach heaven.
As per the US agencies, Nasr told the source, “After the Oct. 7 events, I felt that something has changed [for] the better, I mean. I felt that pride and dignity came back to the Muslims.”
These doomsday cults thrive on the belief that people are living in the end times, that is the world will end soon and only those who follow their prescribed rituals and traditions will be able to meet God.
More than 610 people are still reported to be missing from villages around the forest. DNA matching had been performed on 253 of the 403 bodies exhumed so far.
Pastor Makenzie Nthenge is believed to have advised his followers in Kilifi's coastal region to starve themselves in order to enter heaven more quickly and meet Jesus.
The Kenyans want to crucify Bungoma 'Jesus', a self-proclaimed Jesus Christ, to watch him resurrect himself like the founder of Christianity, as per biblical scriptures.