Kenyan pastor suspected of links to forest massacre: prosecutors

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A high-profile Kenyan pastor appeared in court on Friday suspected of links to the discovery of dozens of bodies in mass graves that has been dubbed the 'Shakahola forest massacre'.

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Prosecutors said Odero is suspected of crimes including murder, aiding suicide, abduction, radicalisation, crimes against humanity, child cruelty, fraud and money laundering. The prosecution said in a statement to the court that there was"credible information" linking bodies exhumed from Shakahola forest near Malindi to the deaths of"several innocent and vulnerable followers" of Odero.

The prosecutors said Odero and Nthenge share a"history of business investments" including a television station which was used to pass"radicalised messages" to followers.

 

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