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Shakahola death toll rises to 450 as two more bodies exhumed

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Detectives exhume bodies at Shakahola forest, Kilifi County, on June 3, 2024. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

The Shakahola massacre death toll has risen to 450 after two more bodies were exhumed by detectives and forensic experts from the DCI Homicide unit on Wednesday.

The skeletal remains were discovered in graves at Kwa Mugambi, located South of pastor Paul Makenzi's homestead in Shakahola forest, Kilifi County.

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