Man slashes and kills girlfriend in attack in Kisumu
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A man attacked and killed his girlfriend in an attack in a village in Kogony, Kisumu County.
The incident happened on Saturday September 27, 2025 at night in a house where the deceased identified as Emily Otieno, 24 was with friends, police said.
The assailant, who is the boyfriend to the woman, escaped the scene soon after the fatal attack.
The deceased, according to the police, had visited a friend in the company of three friends when the boyfriend who trailed them struck.
He was armed with a panga, witnesses and police said.
The man slashed Emily in the neck killing her instantly as the other people who were in the house scampered for their safety. Those in the house were not aware they were being trailed for the fatal attack.
Police were called to the scene and established the woman was slashed in the back of her neck.
It was established the man and woman had domestic differences which angered the man to trail and kill her.
The body was picked up to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Police said they were pursuing the assailant identified as Victor for questioning.
In Bondo, Siaya County’s Barkowino village, a woman killed her husband in a domestic fight.
The body of Felix Nyagola, 50 was found leaning on a wall in a rented house after a fight. The body had injuries on the head, shoulder and limbs, police said.
The woman who was later arrested is said to have used a broom in the mission.
It is not clear what had triggered the quarrel that turned confrontational and later fatal.
The body was moved to a local mortuary pending an autopsy following the Saturday tragedy.
The woman was expected in court on Monday to face various charges including murder, police said.