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On June 19, 2002 at around 10pm, Elijah Imathiu was enjoying a cold beer at his local bar in Mugene Trading Centre, Meru County, in the company of his brother Isaac M'Cheke. The two were seated at a table about ten feet from the bar door, which was open.
The only other person in the bar was Joseph Mudambi, the barman at the counter. The bar was lit by a pressure lamp and everything was calm until six robbers stormed in the bar, brandishing a rifle, axes and pangas (machetes).
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