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Death Toll in Kenyan Starvation Cult Rises to 73: Police

April 24, 2023
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NAIROBI—Kenyan police have recovered 73 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, a police officer said on Monday. The death toll, which has repeatedly risen as exhumations have been carried out, could…

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Kenyan Police Say Three ‘Dangerous’ Inmates Flee Maximum Security Prison

November 16, 2021
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NAIROBI—A Kenyan serving a 41-year sentence for involvement in one of the country’s worst militant attacks escaped from a maximum-security prison on Monday, along with two other inmates detained for terrorism-related offences, authorities said. In a statement, Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations named one of the escapees as Mohamed Ali Abikar, sentenced to 41 years…

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Kenyan Police Arrest Husband of Dead Tirop

October 15, 2021
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NAIROBI—Kenyan police said on Thursday they had arrested the husband of distance runner Agnes Tirop, a two-times World Championship bronze medalist who was found dead at her home. Police said on Wednesday that Tirop appeared to have been stabbed in the neck with a knife. The 25-year-old represented Kenya in the 5,000 meters at the…

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Kenyan Police Plead With Husband of Dead Tirop to Surrender

October 14, 2021
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NAIROBI—Kenyan police said on Thursday they were asking the husband of distance runner Agnes Tirop, a two-times World Championship bronze medallist who was found dead at her home, to come forward. Police said on Wednesday that Tirop appeared to have been stabbed in the neck with a knife. The 25-year-old represented Kenya in the 5,000…

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