#290 - A God called JACKIE (Aravindan Balakrishnan, Brixton, UK)

#290 - A God called JACKIE (Aravindan Balakrishnan, Brixton, UK)

On Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am, charity workers aided by the police coordinated the escape of several followers from a flat in Brixton. Some of the women had been held for 30+ years, one for her entire life, but they didn't see themselves as hostages, as having began living life in the commune under a political belief, they didn't realise it had become a cult, under the control of their leader 'Comrade Bala' and a God-machine called JACKIE.


  • Date: Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am (their release)
  • Commune 1: 60 Shakespeare Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24
  • Commune 2: 1C Peckford Place, Brixton, London, SW9,
  • Bookshop: Mao Zedong Memorial Centre, 140 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2
  • Victim: several (including Katy Morgan-Davies, Sian Davies, Josephine Herivel, Aishah Abdul Wahab, Oh Kar Eng )
  • Culprits: 1 (Aravindan Balakrishnan, aka Comrade Bala, or AB)


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