Bodies of the first victims of the "Shakahola forest massacre" handed over to their loved ones. A total of 429 bodies, including those of many children, have been exhumed since April 2023.
Autopsies revealed that the majority of victims died of starvation, but some were strangled, beaten or suffocated. Search operations for mass graves have been at a standstill for several months, but the death toll could still rise. The affair horrified Kenya, a predominantly Christian religious country in East Africa.