Metro UK
By Sarah Hooper
March 14, 2024
Zimbabwe police have arrested a self-proclaimed prophet and saved the lives of 250 children who were members of his cult.
Police said Ishmael Chokurongerwa, 56, led a sect with more than 1,000 members at a farm about 21 miles north-west of Harare, Zimbabwe.
Children were living alongside other ‘believers’ while ‘being used to perform various physical activities for the benefit of the sect’s leadership’, police spokesman Paul Nyathi said.
Of the 251 children, 246 had no birth certificates.