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Cult leader found guilty of 191 murders after he told parents to starve children
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. ABC Australia, Manchester Evening News, RTHK International News, STV News, CBS News, The Guardian World, South China Morning Post Asia, Deutsche Welle All News, The Straits Times World, Sky News World, and BBC News Africa are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Global. The first report grouped here was at 19 Oct 2026, 03:44 UTC. 18 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Cult leader found guilty of 191 murders after he told parents to starve children”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Paul Mackenzie was arrested alongside 30 other people after a tip-off to police revealed extensive shallow graves near his doomsday sect in a forest
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by BBC News Africa
Judgement day for Kenya pastor accused of ordering parents to starve their children to death
- Picked up by BBC News World
Kenya pastor accused of ordering parents to starve their children to death faces verdict
- New development reported by Sky News World
Doomsday cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult
- Picked up by Sky News World
- Picked up by BBC News Africa
Kenya pastor convicted of ordering parents to starve their children to death
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
Kenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, one adult
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
Kenyan starvation cult leader convicted of murder over deaths of 190 children, one adult
- New development reported by BBC News World
Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
Kenya: Cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children, 1 adult
- New development reported by Deutsche Welle All News
Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie found guilty over 191 starvation deaths
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
Kenya: Cult leader guilty of murdering 190 children, 1 adult
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Kenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, 1 adult
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
- Picked up by CBS News
Starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 190 children
- Picked up by STV News
- Picked up by RTHK International News
- Picked up by Manchester Evening News
Cult leader found guilty of 191 murders after he told parents to starve children
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Same story, different outlets
11 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- ABCKenyan death cult leader found guilty of 191 murder charges
- Manchester Evening NewsCult leader found guilty of 191 murders after he told parents to starve children
- RTHK International NewsKenyan cult leader guilty over 191 starvation deaths
- STV NewsLeader of Kenyan doomsday cult convicted of 191 murders
- CBS NewsStarvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 190 children
- The GuardianKenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
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- South China Morning PostKenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, 1 adult
- Deutsche Welle All NewsKenya: Cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children, 1 adult
- The Straits TimesKenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, one adult
- Sky NewsDoomsday cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult
- BBC NewsJudgement day for Kenya pastor accused of ordering parents to starve their children to death