Church horror after cult members' mass suicide.(News)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: March 20, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

An apparent mass suicide in which up to 470 Ugandan cult members may have died in a fire left most of the bodies "beyond human shape", police said yesterday.

"The scene is horror," spokesman Mr Asuman Mugenyi said after visiting the site of the blaze.

"It is only about two or three bodies which you can say that these are men or women. ...

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