Suspected Kenyan cult leader to be charged with terrorism after 400 deaths

Prosecutors say they intend to charge Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and dozens of other suspects with murder and terrorism

Kenyan prosecutors have said they intend to charge a suspected cult leader and dozens of other suspects with murder and terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers, after a court warned it may have to free him.

The self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie is alleged to have incited his followers to starve to death in order to “meet Jesus” in a case that shocked the world.