Another Kenyan pastor arrested as deaths linked to cult rise to 103

Pastor Ezekiel Odero, center, holds a bible as he is led by police in Mombasa, Kenya, Thursday April 27, 2023. Police in Kenya arrested another popular pastor on the Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103 on Thursday. Odero “is being processed to face criminal charges related to mass killing of his followers”, according to a statement by Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki. (AP Photo/Maarufu Mohamed)

Police in Kenya have arrested another popular pastor on the Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103.

Ezekiel Odero “is being processed to face criminal charges related to mass killing of his followers”, according to a statement by interior minister Kithure Kindiki.