All 11 remaining members of a Russian doomsday cult on Friday left the cave they had been living in since October, a regional official told local news agencies.

Russian authorities have kept watch over the dugout since November and in March 21 members left the refuge, leaving 11 inside.

The Interfax news agency quoted regional official Vladimir Provotorov as saying Friday`s departure was preceded by the removal of two female corpses during the night.

The cult members, who call themselves "true Orthodox believers," had predicted an apocalypse, and shut themselves off from the outside world inside the well-stocked bunker in the Penza region of central Russia.
sections: Society, Region News
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