Wata kotu a Kenya ta samu fasto Paul Mackenzie da wasu mutane 28 da laifin kisan mutum 191, a wata shari’a da ta sake tayar da hankalin duniya kan yadda wasu mutane ke amfani da addini wajen jawo mabiya cikin ayyukan da ke barazana ga rayuwarsu.
Hukuncin da aka yanke a ranar Litinin, 19 ga Oktoba, ya shafi mutuwar yara 190 da kuma wani babba mutum ɗaya. Masu gabatar da ƙara sun zargi Mackenzie da mutanen da ake tuhuma tare da shi da jagorantar wata ƙungiya da ta tilasta wa mabiya yin azumin mai tsanani, bisa ikirarin cewa hakan zai kai su ga shiga Aljanna.
Mackenzie shi ne wanda ya kafa cocin Good News International Church. An gano abin da ya faru a yankin Shakahola Forest a shekarar 2023, bayan jami’an tsaro sun fara bincike kan rahotannin bacewar mutane a yankin. Binciken ya kai ga gano mabiyan ƙungiyar da dama a cikin mawuyacin hali, da kuma kaburburan gama-gari.
Binciken gawarwakin da aka tono ya nuna cewa yunwa ce ta yi sanadin mutuwar mafi yawan waɗanda aka gano, yayin da wasu suka mutu sakamakon shaƙewa ko raunukan da suka samu. Gabaɗaya, an tono gawarwaki sama da 400 daga yankin, lamarin da ya sa shari’ar ta zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan binciken da suka shafi mutuwar mutane masu alaƙa da ƙungiyar addini a tarihin Kenya.
A cewar rahoton kamfanin dillancin labarai na Associated Press (AP), kotun ta bayyana cewa tsarin ƙungiyar ya haɗa da amfani da koyarwar addini da tsarin jagoranci wajen tilasta wa mabiya yin azumin da ya jefa rayukansu cikin haɗari. An kuma bayyana cewa an fara aiwatar da wannan azumi mai haɗari tun daga shekarar 2021.
Sai dai Mackenzie ya musanta zargin cewa ya tilasta wa mabiyansa ko yaransu yunwa. Shi da sauran waɗanda ake tuhuma sun fuskanci shari’a, kuma hukuncin da aka yanke musu a wannan shari’ar ya shafi laifukan kisan da ake tuhumarsu da su.
Ba wannan ne kaɗai shari’ar da ta shafi lamarin ba. Mackenzie da wasu daga cikin waɗanda ake tuhuma suna fuskantar wasu tuhume-tuhume da suka haɗa da kisan kai ba da gangan ba, ta’addanci da azabtar da yara, dangane da mutuwar wasu mutane da dama.
An tsara yanke hukuncin daurin da za a ɗora wa waɗanda aka samu da laifin kisan a ranar 6 ga Nuwamba.
Wannan lamari ya sake jaddada muhimmancin kare yara da sauran mutane daga cin zarafi, tare da nuna cewa ya kamata a binciki duk wani abu da ke barazana ga rayuwar jama’a, ko da kuwa an danganta shi da koyarwar addini.
