Steven Tari, a failed Lutheran
pastor, a convicted rapist,also alleged to be practicing cannibalism, who was found guilty in 2010 of raping girls who
belonged to his Christian-based sect and sentenced to up to 10 years is dead.
Police chief Sylvester Kalaut
said that Tari and one of his followers were killed at a village about 12 miles
outside Madang on Thursday as they were attacking a young woman.
"He is now dead and this could be the fate of the others
who are also on the run from authorities and I am warning and strongly urging
those escapees to surrender themselves to authorities," said the police
chief.
Steven Tari, a convicted
rapist, had been on the run since escaping from a prison in the Pacific nation
during a mass break-out in March.
At the time, he had thousands of village followers, including a
core of armed warriors to protect him. He deceived people especially ladies
said’’that young girls were to be "married" to him as it was God's
prophecy.’’
Police said the woman Tari was
in the process of attacking was "a flower girl tricked into joining the
cult", adding that angry villagers had surrounded him and his companion
and killed them.
His death follows that of a young high school girl about a week
ago - a murder alleged to have been carried out by Tari.
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