NAIROBI, Kenya — Exhumations at a site near where the bodies of more than 400 followers of a doomsday cult were found two years ago have been suspended so that DNA samples collected can be analyzed, authorities in Kenya said Wednesday.
The latest exhumations, which lasted two weeks, uncovered 34 more bodies and more than 100 body parts, and came during what police describe as the regrouping of former cult members.
Police Inspector General Douglas Kanja said a multi-agency team was working to uncover what led to the deaths.
“We have our best team working here, and very soon we will complete the investigation,” he told journalists.
Government pathologist Richard Njoroge said the postmortem examinations would begin once X-rays had been completed on the bodies.
Eleven suspects were arrest