Church Members Starve To Dëath In A Fasting Ritual Ordered By Their Pastor (video)

At least 4 people have starved to dëath in a fasting ritual proclaimed by the presiding pastor.

Kenyan police said on Friday they have launched a manhunt for the church leader after the death of the followers he allegedly told to starve in order to “meet Jesus”.

11 therpeople were rescued from a forest near the town of Malindi on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast and rushed to hospital, but there are fears of more victims, according to a police report seen by AFP.

It said police had received a tipoff about “ignorant citizens starving to death under the pretext of meeting Jesus after being brainwashed by a suspect, Makenzie Nthenge, a pastor of Good News International Church”.

Reports say that Nthenge was arrested and charged last month after two children were allegedly starved to death by their parents but was later freed on a bond of 100,000 Kenyan shillings (about $740).

At the time of this report, the police confirmed that the 4 deceased worshippers have yet to be identified, while those taken to hospital include seven men and four women aged between 17 and 49. 3 are said to be in critical condition.

Investigators were continuing to search in the Shakahola forest after reports of a mass grave where scores of other folloers may have been buried.

“The team were unable to identify the mass grave by virtue of vast land (area) and hostile residents in the forest,” the police report said.

“It is further suspected that there are many victims in the forest land believed to belong to the suspect.”