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STRANGE TALES FROM JAMAICA

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

A cult-like Christian ministry based in Jamaica was the focus of several deaths in October last year, two of which appear to have been human sacrifices. Following a tip-off from a member of the group, police stormed the headquarters of Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries on the night of Sunday 17 October. They believe that in doing so they prevented further bloodshed.

They found 144 congregants, including several children, dressed in white. They had been fasting for two days in preparation for what they believed to be a great deluge, from which they hoped to be delivered by an ark, set to arrive at

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