Kenyan court warns prosecutors to charge doomsday cult leader within two weeks

Kenyan court warns prosecutors to charge doomsday cult leader within two weeks
Paul Mackenzie, second left (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu).

A Kenyan court has warned prosecutors it will release under its own terms a pastor and others accused of being behind the deaths of 429 people believed to be his cult followers if they are not charged within two weeks.

For months since the arrests last April, prosecutors have asked the court for permission to keep holding Paul Mackenzie and 28 others while they look into the case that shocked Kenyans with the discovery of mass graves and allegations of starvation and strangulation.

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