Second Kenyan pastor accused of mass killing of followers

Ezekiel Odero arrested and more than 100 people evacuated from church, days after discovery of bodies linked to another church

One of Kenya’s highest-profile pastors is facing charges over the “mass killing of his followers”, the government has said, just days after the discovery of dozens of bodies linked to another church.

Ezekiel Odero, the head of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church, “has been arrested and is being processed to face criminal charges related to the mass killing of his followers”, the interior minister, Kithure Kindiki, said in a statement.