[HIGHLIGHTS] The mysteries of the "Shakhola massacre". He ordered his followers to starve to death to heaven so why did they respond to him?

The New York Times has published details of what has become known in the Kenyan media as the "Shakhula massacre" At the end of April, Kenyan authorities found mass graves in the southeastern Shakhula forest containing dozens of bodies, mostly of children who died after skipping food to death. The victims were all followers of a Christian religious sect whose leader, Rev.

Paul McKenzie, was arrested by the authorities. McKenzie is now on trial on charges including inciting his followers to starve to death in the forest.