A court in Kenya has sentenced a cult leader to 200 years in prison. He was found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult.
The victims were forced to starve to death in order to meet Jesus, reports hotnews.ro. The man manipulated his followers into giving up food, and those who broke the rule were violently punished.
Another 28 people were convicted for their roles in the massacre.
Most of the children who died were under the age of 10. It all took place in a forest in Kenya, where funerals were held as “weddings with Jesus.”
The court found that the deaths resulted from an organized system of religious teachings and directives that compelled followers to observe the deadly fast.
The autopsy results revealed that most of the victims had died of starvation, while others had succumbed to suffocation, strangulation, or head injuries.