内容摘要：Mercedes said it had taken measures to ensure control over the sale of its vehicles.

Mercedes said it had taken measures to ensure control over the sale of its vehicles.

During the raid, 57 people wereand taken into custody. In the weeks since, most have been released, but police have banned them from returning to the church and sealed off the compound.

For Kenyans, the incident has unearthed the memory of other controversial churches steeped in allegations of abuse, like the 2023 case where more than 400 people linked to a church-cult starved to death in theIn Opapo village, residents are troubled by the deathsand the decades-long secrecy surrounding the church. Many want to see the permanent closure of the compound and the exhumation and return of the bodies buried there.

Brian Juma, 27, has lived directly beside the church all his life. He told Al Jazeera locals believe it was started by a man who fashioned himself as a sort-of god figure, and who the followers of the church prayed to.Juma claims that when the church leader died 10 years ago, followers did not immediately bury him but prayed for three days in the hope that he would rise.

Pauline Auma, a 53-year-old mother of six who also lives near the church

said the congregation was set up in their area in the early 1990s, although she could not recall the exact year.However, some diplomats and experts suggest that such moves would infuriate Israel and deepen Western splits.

Despite some aid starting to trickle into Gaza after the Israeli blockade, the humanitarian crisis remains dire. Experts warn that one in five people faces imminent starvation.Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)

, a private initiative supported by the United States and Israel, expanded its relief operations on Thursday. But the group’s efforts have been widelyby the United Nations and other agencies as insufficient, poorly managed and not adhering to