WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Kenya's president said government agencies should have been able to prevent the deaths by starvation of more than 200 members of a cult. In an interview, William Ruto added that he takes responsibility for the tragedy
"Our forensic team was able to exhume 22 bodies today but we have not reported any rescue," Rhodah Onyancha, a regional commissioner, told journalists in the Shakahola forest in the country's southwest where the search is continuing.
She said one more suspect had also been arrested, bringing the total number of those detained over the deaths to 26. Throughout this week authorities have been digging up shallow graves scattered through the forest looking for remains and scouring the area for any survivors as hundreds of people are still reported missing., including those of 12 children which were found in one grave.
On Wednesday, a Kenyan court denied bail to Paul Mackenzie, leader of the Good News International Church, who has been accused of ordering his followers to starve their children and themselves to death so they could go to heaven before the end of the world.
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