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More than 100 died at a religious cult in Kenya. The majority are children, says minister

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Children account for most of the 109 bodies so far recovered in mass graves linked to a cult in Kenya, the interior minister said on Friday, the latest details in a case that has shocked the country and prompted calls for tighter regulation of religious fringe groups.

Followers of the Good News International Church near the coastal town of Malindi reportedly believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves.

“The reports we are getting are that many of the recoveries are of children… Children are the majority, followed by women. Men are fewer,” Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki told reporters.

“The preliminary

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