Good News International Church was responsible for the deaths of over 400 people in Kenya

According to the BBC, a Christian doomsday cult "Good News International Church" in Kenya was responsible for the deaths of over 400 people, including children, in an apparent mass suicide. The cult leader, Pastor Paul Mackenzie, is accused of inciting his followers to starve themselves to death in order to reach heaven faster. 

The cult's leader, a pastor, ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus. The cult was preparing for the end of the world.

The death toll has been rising as more bodies are exhumed:

1. 303 people: Died after 19 bodies were exhumed
2. 403 people: Died after 12 more bodies were exhumed

Autopsies on more than 100 bodies showed that the victims died of:

1. Starvation
2. Strangulation
3. Suffocation
4. Injuries from blunt objects

30 people, including the pastor, Paul Mackenzie, were in custody over the deaths of 337 followers.