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UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

A crucifix left in a dormitory corridor by cult members, in the church in Kanungu, southwestern Uganda, Sunday March 19, 2000, about 217 miles (349 kms) from the capital Kampala, where police believe upto 470 followers of a doomsday cult died in a fire, which is believed to have happened Friday March 17, 2000. Local leaders said members of the Movement for the Restoration of Ten Commandments of God slaughtered their cattle and feasted for a week, drinking soft drinks and singing religious songs. Exact numbers of the dead are unknown at this time. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Sayyid Azim )

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

An Ugandan soldier passes in front of a building with a plaster Christ icon and a skeleton on the wall in Kanungu, Southwest Uganda, Sunday April 2, 2000, a few yards from the site where hundreds of members of the cult, Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God perished on March 17, 2000. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

Ugandan Vice-President Speciosa Kazibwe, at right, inspects the site of a cult killing during a commemoration in Kanungu, Southwest Uganda, Sunday April 2, 2000. Hundreds of believers of the cult of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God perished here on March 17, 2000. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

A Kanungu villager looks at a crucifix which was left behind by a cult member who now lays dead inside a church in Kanungu, southwestern Uganda, Sunday, March 19, 2000, about 217 miles ,349 kms, from the capital Kampala, where police believe 470 followers of a doomsday cult died in a fire, which is believed to have happened, Friday, March 17, 2000. Local leaders said members of the Movement for the Restoration of Ten Commandments of God slaughtered their cattle and feasted for a week, drinking soft drinks and singing religious songs. Exact numbers of the dead are unknown at this time.(KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Sayyid Azim )

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

EDITORS NOTE : GRAPHIC CONTENT - A child looks through a burnt-out window as he views the interior of a church in Kanungu, southwestern Uganda, Sunday March 19, 2000, about 217 miles (349 kms) from the capital Kampala, where at least 235 followers of a doomsday cult died in a fire, which is believed to have happened Friday March 17, 2000. Local leaders said members of the Movement for the Restoration of Ten Commandments of God slaughtered their cattle and feasted for a week, drinking soft drinks and singing religious songs. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

Villagers from Kanungu in Uganda, cover their noses with rosemary sprigs to ward off the stench of burnt bodies Tuesday, March 21, 2000, after a police team discovered more corpses buried in pit latrines, vegetable gardens and a building at the scene of the suspected mass. Between 250 and 600 people are believed to have committed mass suicide in a makeshift church in Kanungu, Kinkizi county in Rukingiri, 50 kilometers from Mbarara in westeern Uganda, Friday, March 17, 2000. Members of the Movement for the Ten Commandments Sect reportedly doused themselves with petrol and paraffin before setting themselves ablaze in the church. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

UGANDA-CULT SUICIDE

KAM08 - 20000319 - KANUNGU, UGANDA : Relatives and friends of a Ugandan religious cult members put rosemary sticks at their nose 19 March 2000 to kill the smell of burned bodies near the church where up to 250 Ugandans of Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God that committed mass suicide in their makeshift church in Kanungu in the Rukungiri district, western Uganda 17 March. It was not clear whether Joseph Kibwetere, the cult's leader, was among the dead or whether he had escaped before his followers were burnt to death, according to Uganda's Chief Inspector of Police. - PHOTO AFP/ALEXANDER JOE/aj/emp

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

ATTENTION EDITORS : GRAPHIC CONTENT - A boy puts wild herbs near his nose, to kill the smell of burnt bodies, near the chapel where between 250 and 600 members of the Movement for the Ten Commandments Sect reportedly doused themselves with petrol before setting themselves ablaze in Kanungu, 50 kilometers from Mbarara in western Uganda, Friday March 17, 2000. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Sayyid Azim)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

EDITORS NOTE : GRAPHIC CONTENT - A bulldozer is used to dig a mass grave and inter the charred remains of several hundred members of a religious cult Tuesday, March 21, 2000, alongside the destroyed chapel in Kanungu, 50 kilometers from Mbarara in westeern Uganda, Friday, March 17, 2000. Members of the Movement for the Ten Commandments Sect reportedly doused themselves with petrol before setting themselves ablase in the church. The burial was completed Tuesday without flowers of a cross to mark the grave. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/S AZIM)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

JAHRESRUECKBLICK 2000: AUSLAND: UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA - ATTENTION EDITORS : GRAPHIC CONTENT - Burnt bodies lay inside a church in Kanungu, southwestern Uganda, Sunday March 19, 2000, as people look through the window, about 217 miles (349 kms) from the capital Kampala, where at least 235 followers of a doomsday cult died in a fire, which is believed to have happened Friday March 17, 2000. Local leaders said members of the Movement for the Restoration of Ten Commandments of God slaughtered their cattle and feasted for a week, drinking soft drinks and singing religious songs. Exact numbers of the dead are unknown at this time (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Sayyid Azim ) [ENT104]

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

ATTENTION EDITORS : GRAPHIC CONTENT - A charred body lays near the door of a church as villagers look on, in Kanungu, southwestern Uganda, Sunday March 19, 2000, about 217 miles (349 kms) from the capital Kampala, where police believe upto 470 followers of a doomsday cult died in a fire, which is believed to have happened Friday March 17, 2000. Local leaders said members of the Movement for the Restoration of Ten Commandments of God slaughtered their cattle and feasted for a week, drinking soft drinks and singing religious songs. Exact numbers of the dead are unknown at this time. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Sayyid Azim )

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

ATTENTION EDITORS : GRAPHIC CONTENT - People take a last look at the victims of Friday's cult fire in Kanungu, Monday March 20, 2000. At least 500 people are believed to have committed mass suicide in a makeshift church in Kanungu, 220 miles (354 kms) southwest of Uganda's capital Kampala. Members of the Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, reportedly doused themselves with petrol and paraffin before setting themselves ablaze in the church. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Sayid Azim)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

ATTENTION EDITORS : GRAPHIC CONTENT - The charred bodies of the victims of Friday's cult fire in Kanungu, Monday March 20, 2000. At least 500 people are believed to have committed mass suicide in a makeshift church in Kanungu, 220 miles (354 kms) southwest of Uganda's capital Kampala. Members of the Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, reportedly doused themselves with petrol and paraffin before setting themselves ablaze in the church. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Sayid Azim)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

ATTENTION EDITORS : GRAPHIC CONTENT - Ugandan policemen peer though a window at the victims of Friday's cult fire in Kanungu, Monday March 20, 2000. At least 500 people are believed to have committed mass suicide in a makeshift church in Kanungu, 220 miles (354 kms) southwest of Uganda's capital Kampala. Members of the Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, reportedly doused themselves with petrol and paraffin before setting themselves ablaze in the church. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Sayid Azim)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

Undated file photo of leading members of the Christian Sect the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. In the centre is the sect's founder Credonia Mwerinde, 40, who was reported to be among the dead. At least 500 people are believed to have committed mass suicide in a makeshift church in Kanungu, in southwestern Uganda, last Friday, March 17, 2000, when they doused themselves with petrol and paraffin before setting themselves ablase in the church. Others are unidentified. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Sayyid Azim)

UGANDA CULT DEATHS

FILE -This is a 1995 photo of leaders of Uganda's Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandents in Bushenyi district. They are from left to Ursala Kamuhangi, Cledonia Mwerinde, Joseph Kibweteere, and Dominic Kataribabo. Several hundred members of the cult committed suicide in the southwest of Uganda on Friday March 17 2000. (AP File Photo)

UGANDA SEKTENDRAMA

Undated file photo of Credonia Mwerinde, 40, the founder of the Christian Sect the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. She was reported to be among the dead when at least 500 people were believed to have committed mass suicide in a makeshift church in Kanungu, in southwestern Uganda, last Friday, March 17, 2000, when they doused themselves with petrol and paraffin before setting themselves ablase in the church. Others are unidentified. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Sayyid Azzim)