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Former police officer Peter Karanja who killed 10 people at the High Court in Embu. He was jailed for 20 years. [Joseph Muchiri/Standard]
An administration police (AP) officer who killed 10 people as he pursued lover he suspected was cheating has been jailed for 20 years.
Peter Karanja was on night duty at the then Mbeere North District Commissioner’s residence when he walked to nearby bars at Siakago market, Embu, to look for his girlfriend. When he didn’t find her, he turned his G3 rifle on patrons.
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