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Shakahola massacre: verdict expected for Paul MacKenzie and 94 co-accused

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The Mombasa High Court is due to deliver its verdict on 19 October in the trial of pastor Paul MacKenzie and 94 co-accused, charged with murder after the deaths of more than 530 people. The bodies were exhumed from mass graves in Shakahola forest, in eastern Kenya, in 2023, RFI reports.

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