Kenya cult deaths: toll from suspected starvation cult reaches 47

Police continue to dig for bodies in forest after being told of shallow graves linked to church leader who reportedly told followers to starve to ‘meet Jesus’

Kenyan police say they have found the bodies of another 26 suspected cult members in the east of the country, bringing to 47 the number of corpses linked to the movement.

Search teams wearing white overalls and equipped with masks were continuing to dig at the site in search of other bodies, an AFP photographer near the coastal town of Malindi saw. A number of bodies had already been wrapped in white plastic sheeting.