Photos keeps importing "Already Imported" photos

The new Photos app [Version 1.0 (209.52.0)] keep recognising a few photos from my phone as 'New' even though it has already been imported (about 20 out of my 3000+ photos).
This also happens when importing photos from folders; it keeps identifying a few as 'New'.
I tried restarting the app and the computer but problem does not cease. Anyone else facing this problem and know how to rectify this?

Launch the Terminal application (located in your Applications/Utilities folder) and enter:
killall iPhoto
followed by the Return key.
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