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Kenya \u2013 The body of a British woman who died at the house of a controversial cult leader while on holiday in Kenya will be exhumed on Wednesday, the family\u2019s lawyer said.<\/p>\n
Luftunisa Kwandwalla, 44, was visiting the coastal city of Mombasa when she met her death in August 2020, and was buried a day later, but her family have claimed foul play.<\/p>\n
At the time, the cult leader Arif Mohamed Iqbal \u2013 a self-confessed healer \u2013 said the \u201cdevil\u201d had killed the woman as he tried to exorcise her, according to court papers filed by the family.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are heading to the site,\u201d the family\u2019s lawyer, Jacinta Wekesa, told AFP, referring to the Mombasa cemetery where Kwandwalla was buried.<\/p>\n
An autopsy to determine the cause of her death was expected later Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Her initial cause of death was listed as cardiopulmonary arrest, according to a government-issued death certificate in 2020.<\/p>\n
Kwandwalla arrived in Kenya in August 2019 to visit members of her husband\u2019s family. During her stay, she joined Iqbal\u2019s controversial cult, according to court filings.<\/p>\n
She had been due to fly back to her home in the English city of Leicester, but travel restrictions imposed due to the Coronavirus pandemic prevented the trip.<\/p>\n
The family are calling for police to investigate Kwandwalla\u2019s \u201cmysterious sudden\u201d death, claiming she was buried quickly to conceal evidence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hurried burial of the deceased without allowing her family members to attend the burial and view the body has brought pain and anguish to the family who deserves to know what killed her,\u201d Kwandwalla\u2019s brother, Imran Admani, said in court papers.<\/p>\n
The family said Arif could not explain how the devil had killed her, describing him as \u201clying and dangerous to vulnerable people\u201d.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, a Mombasa magistrate\u2019s court allowed the family to hire a private pathologist for the post-mortem and ordered police to provide security during the exhumation.<\/p>\n
So far, no one has been arrested in connection with the death.<\/p>\n
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