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Priest dies after being buried alive for 3 days in bid to recreate Jesus' resurrection
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A Zambian pastor has died after he attempted to recreate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and was left tied up and buried underground for three days.James Sakara, the pastor of the Zion church in Chadiza, Zambia, convinced his congregation that he could resurrect in three days like Jesus Christ and requested them to bury him beneath the earth.The 22-year-old was then found dead when he was dug back up three days later.Sakara convinced three church members to assist in his 'resurrection' by helping him dig a grave, local media reports.Before attempting the resurrection, he quoted from the Bible and explained that Christ’s instruction to his disciples to "do this in remembrance of me"
