Alleged Cult Leader Charged in Plot
From Times Wire Reports
The alleged leader of a doomsday cult was charged with attempted murder for her role in a suspected mass suicide plot and was ordered held without bail, an official said. German psychologist Heide Fittkau-Garthe, in a court appearance in the Canary Islands, was also charged with “inducement to suicide” involving her 32 followers, a court spokeswoman said. Police arrested Fittkau-Garthe, 57, on Wednesday during what they described as a “last supper” at her chalet on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife.
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