Some 60 members of a Christian cult who disappeared last month from Denver after their leader prophesied the destruction of the city have turned up in Israel. Israeli police officials downplayed concerns that the group might attempt mass suicide. Meanwhile, Jerusalem’s police commander said Israeli police are preparing for the possibility that messianic Christians will try to commit suicide on the Temple Mount as the millennium approaches.
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