According to the statement, the suspects will face charges of murder, manslaughter, and assault resulting in bodily harm. In addition, they will face charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 2012 for participating in organized crime, radicalization, aiding in the commission of a terrorist act, and possessing an item linked to an offense.
Since April of last year, Mackenzie has been detained while detectives search the remote Shakahola forest for clues.
He is charged with organizing one of the worst mass suicides in modern history along with his associates. The eastern Kenyan forest, where Mackenzie and his supporters were residing, yielded at least 429 bodies.
The results of the autopsy revealed that many of the bodies that had been recovered had starved to death, while others had evidence of blunt trauma and strangulation.
Numerous victims, according to the investigators, were children. The suspects will be prosecuted for infringing upon a child’s right to education, torturing a child, and being cruel to a child.
On Wednesday, a formal charge against each of the 95 suspects will be brought before a Malindi court.
