Russian cult members to be flushed out of cave

Interesting story in Penza, Russia right now. Read on.......!

Malaysia Sun

11th December, 2007

Russian special forces in the region of Penza plan to flush out a group of doomsday cult members from a cave.

For over a month, the cultists have been waiting for the end of the planet, remaining underground to 'save themselves during the time of the apocalypse,' which they say will come in May 2008.

The group comprises 29 people, including four children, the youngest being less than eighteen months old.

They have threatened to set fire to themselves if any attempt is made to force them to come out of the tunnel.

Special force officers with rescue dogs have spent time exploring the area around the cave, drawing up a plan of action.

The cave is said to have been divided into five cells, with a large space set aside for prayers. According to the sect's founder Pyotr Kuznetsov, the prayer room is to be used for the eventual burial of the sect members.

The founder is not with the sect members in the cave. Kuznetsov is currently being treated for paranoid schizophrenia in an asylum in Penza, about 600 km southeast of Moscow.