Kenya starvation cult leader convicted in deaths of 191

Key points

• A Kenyan court has found starvation sect leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult. Sentencing is set for November 6.
• Prosecutors say Mackenzie organised a Christian doomsday sect whose followers were ordered to starve themselves and their children. Mackenzie denied the murder charges, but the court rejected his argument.
• More than 400 bodies have been recovered from the Shakahola Forest in Kenya, and investigations into other deaths are ongoing.