Corpse cult arrest

The founder of a corpse-worshipping cult has been arrested in a Thai forest after police found 11 bodies. The selfproclaimed holy man whose followers allegedly consume bodily fluids as a sickness cure was arrested in his hideaway in the country’s north-east. Supporters of Thawee Nanra, 75, screamed and tried to prevent police from bundling the wild-haired sect leader into a car at his compound deep in a jungle in Chaiyaphum province. The police said they found corpses on the premises which, according to local media, were the bodies of his followers. The Bangkok Post reported that death certificates were only available for five of them.