Ezekiel Odero, the flamboyant head of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church, was arrested on Thursday in the coastal town of Malindi and is accused of the 'mass killing' of his followers.It followed the arrest of Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, a cult leader accused of the deaths of dozens of his followers who were allegedly ordered to starve themselves to death to find God.
'Radicalised messages' Searches began in Shakahola forest earlier this month after a tipoff to police who initially found 15 starving people, four of whom died.The death toll now stands at 109, after 11 bodies were exhumed on Thursday, a police source told AFP.More than half the victims are children, according to sources close to the investigation.
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