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Kenya to exhume UK tourist amid cult-link allegation

Authorities in Kenya are to exhume the body of a British tourist who died two years ago at the home of a controversial cult leader. Luftunisa Kwandwalla was buried in August 2020 at a cemetery in the coastal city of Mombasa after reportedly dying of natural causes. She arrived in Kenya as a tourist in August 2019 but her return to the UK was delayed due to lockdowns imposed in Kenya and Britain during the Covid pandemic. Her family says she then joined a controversial cult in Mombasa. 

The family alleges the 44-year-old was murdered and her body buried quickly to hide evidence. Last week it obtained court orders for the exhumation to allow for a post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause of death.

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The family told the BBC that the autopsy would be the first step in bringing closure on her death. No-one has been arrested in connection with the death and police records show that there are currently no active investigations.

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