Exhumation of bodies from Shakahola forest to resume next month

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Exhumation of bodies from Shakahola forest to resume next month
Shakahola: Workers carry the exhumed bodies in bodybags to the mortuary, at the mass-grave site in Shakahola, outside the coastal town of Malindi, on April 25, 2023. - Kenyan investigators unearthed another 16 bodies on Tuesday in a forest where a cult was believed to be practising mass starvation, bringing the number of victims so far to 89 including children. There are fears more corpses could be found in Shakahola forest where cult leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge had allegedly been telling his followers that starvation was the only path to God. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – The exhumation of bodies in Shakahola forest is set to resume next month.

According to government pathologist Johansen Oduor, this will be the fifth phase of the exercise which shocked the nation.

Oduor further stated that autopsies on 429 bodies have been conducted and DNA results are being awaited.

“We are resuming the exercise in March, in which we will receive the results of DNA tests, release identified bodies to relatives and embark on the last phase of the exercise,” he stated.

“This will include recovery, identifying, postmortem examination, evidence collection and documentation.”

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