Religious cult leader executed in US

OHIO executed a religious cult leader yesterday for murdering a family of five of his followers who he thought were not enthusiastic enough about his teachings.

Jeffrey Lundgren, 56, died by lethal injection at 10.26am (2.26pm Irish Time) at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

Lundgren told a jury in 1990 that he was a prophet of God and therefore not worthy of the death penalty.