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Exhumation in Kenya cult site paused to allow DNA sampling on 34 bodies
Authorities arrested 11 suspects linked to a doomsday cult after uncovering 34 bodies and 102 body parts during a two-week exhumation in Kilifi County, Kenya.
- Wednesday, Kenyan authorities suspended exhumations at Chakama Ranch, Kilifi County, to analyze DNA samples from a site near where more than 400 followers were found two years ago.
- Police say the renewed exhumations stem from signs of regrouping and recent arrests of eleven suspects after a complaint a month ago; this is the second round at Chakama Ranch linked to past cult activity.
- Police confirmed 32 bodies and two additional remains were recovered in Kilifi County, totaling 34 bodies and 102 body parts, with government pathologists preparing to start autopsies using X-rays.
- Police Inspector General Douglas Kanja said a multi-agency investigative team is probing the deaths, analysing suspects' phones and money transfers, and expects to complete the investigation very soon.
- Officials warned that the remote terrain hinders surveillance and urged public reporting as many victims, including children, died from deliberate starvation, suffocation or beatings in one of the deadliest cult-related atrocities.
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Kenya halts exhumations after 100+ bodies found at cult site
In Kenya, gruesome exhumations at Chakama Ranch in Kilifi County have been suspended to allow for DNA analysis after more than 100 body parts and 34 new bodies were uncovered in the latest phase of investigation into a suspected doomsday cult.
Kenya doomsday cult site exhumation paused to allow DNA sampling on 34 bodies
Exhumations at a site near where the bodies of more than 400 followers of a doomsday cult were found two years ago have been suspended so that DNA samples collected can be analyzed, authorities in Kenya said Wednesday.
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Exhumation in Kenya cult site paused to allow DNA sampling on 34 bodies
Authorities in coastal Kenya say exhumations at a site near where the bodies of more than 400 followers of a doomsday cult were found two years ago have been suspended so that DNA samples collected can be analyzed.
KENYA CULT SITE DEATH TOLL HITS 34 AS 11 ARRESTED
Thu 04 September 2025: Eleven suspects are in custody following the exhumation of 34 bodies and recovery of 102 human remains from shallow graves in Kenya’s Kilifi County, police confirmed Wednesday, in what authorities say is a return of cult-linked killings. Police Chief Douglas Kanja, who toured the Kwa Binzaro site, said four of the […]
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