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A Kenyan police officer has shot his wife and five others to death with an AK-47 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
According to police report, a neighbour heard “a loud bang” from the officer’s home at 01:00 local time. The policeman then went on a “shooting spree” in Kabete, near the capital, Nairobi, killing five others.
The officer later took his own life.[ads2]
What led to the killings is unclear, but police said the couple had been feuding which may be a cause of the unfortunate incident.
“We are told that the couple had issues and were quarrelling before,” police chief Francis Wahome told AFP.[ads3]
Identified as Police Constable Benson Imbasi, the policeman “started shooting at innocent members of the public frenziedly” after killing his own wife, who they have called Carol, the police report said.
Two motorcycle taxi drivers were among the other victims. Two other people were injured and are receiving hospital treatment.[ads5]