A Malindi court has authorized the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to exhume bodies from shallow graves in the Binzaro area, Makongeni Sub-location, following suspicions of a starvation cult. The exhumations will facilitate postmortem examinations, DNA testing, and toxicological analysis to determine the causes of death.

• Eleven suspects are under investigation for alleged organized crime, radicalization, facilitation of terrorism, and murder.
• Prosecution Counsel Judy Gachuru stated that investigators suspect multiple individuals were murdered through starvation and suffocation.
• The DCI affidavit notes that survivors rescued from the area could not account for the whereabouts of several children, prompting suspicions of foul play.