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While being held in detention, a Pastor Mackenzie follower passed away.One of the 30 defendants being detained alongside the cult leader Paul Mackenzie was Joseph Juma Buyuka.
Two days ago, Buyuka passed away.He was a member of the group that carried out the 10-day hunger strike.
Before Shanzu Court, Senior Prosecution Counsel Jami Yamina confirmed the death.Wycliffe Makasembo, Mackenzie's attorney, concurred.
We will wait for a postmortem report, but complications came from the hunger strike and deprivation, Yamina said.Additionally, two additional suspects have become unwell.Police suspect it has anything to do with their hunger strike.
Today was scheduled to mark the beginning of the third stage of the postmortem examination of the bodies that were recovered from the 800-acre Shakahola forest.
The third part of the exhumation exercise, which lasted 10 days, exhumed at least 93 remains.
