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Benson Imbatu: Killer cop’s last call and history of short temper, violent episodes

Benson Imbatu, 53, had served as a police constable since 1990. [Courtesy]

Police in Nairobi have traced the last person who spoke on phone to a police officer moments before he shot six people dead and killed himself.

Investigations show the last call by constable Benson Imbatu of the Kabete Police Station was to his cousin and lasted almost a minute and a half.

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