▁have ▁started ▁the ▁fire . ▁ ▁Another ▁party ▁was ▁planned ▁for ▁the ▁eigh teenth , ▁which ▁officials ▁believe ▁sect ▁leaders ▁had ▁announced ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁mis le ad ▁authorities ▁as ▁to ▁their ▁plans . ▁The ▁five ▁principal ▁cult ▁leaders , ▁Joseph ▁K ib w ete ere , ▁Joseph ▁Kas ap ur ari , ▁John ▁Kam ag ara , ▁Domin ic ▁Kat ar ib ab o , ▁and ▁Cred onia ▁M wer inde , ▁were ▁assumed ▁to ▁have ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁fire . ▁ ▁Four ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁church ▁fire , ▁police ▁investig ated ▁Mov ement ▁properties ▁and ▁discovered ▁hundreds ▁of ▁bodies ▁at ▁sites ▁across ▁southern ▁U g anda . ▁Six ▁bodies ▁were ▁discovered ▁se aled ▁in ▁the ▁lat r ine ▁of ▁the ▁Kan ung u ▁comp ound , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁ 1 5 3 ▁bodies ▁at ▁a ▁comp ound ▁in ▁Bu h un age , ▁ 1 5 5 ▁bodies ▁at ▁Domin ic ▁Kat ar ib ab o ' s ▁estate ▁at ▁R ug azi , ▁where ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁poison ed ▁and ▁st ab bed , ▁and ▁another ▁ 8 1 ▁bodies ▁lay ▁at ▁leader ▁Joseph ▁N ym ur inda ' s ▁farm . ▁Police ▁stated ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁murder ed ▁about ▁three ▁weeks ▁before ▁the ▁church ▁infer no . ▁ ▁After math ▁Other ▁than ▁the ▁individuals ▁who ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁fire , ▁medical ▁exam in ers ▁determined ▁that ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁dead ▁sect ▁members ▁had ▁been ▁poison ed . ▁Early ▁reports ▁suggested ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁str ang led