Police in Kisumu have launched investigations into the murder of a pharmacist.
Zedikiah Ocholla was on Tuesday night attacked by a motorcycle rider on his way home at Baba Selina, Kolwa location of Kisumu East subcounty.
County police commander Alphonso Kimanthi said Ocholla sustained a deep cut on his head and was bleeding heavily during the attack that occurred at about 9pm on Tuesday.
Ocholla's girlfriend, Lucy Akinyi, who reported the matter to the police, said her boyfriend arrived at her house at Baba Selina from work bleeding heavily from the head.
"The victim came to my house at around 9pm and told me that he had been attacked by a motorcycle rider he had boarded from work to home," Akinyi said.
She rushed the victim to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
On the way to the hospital, she said Ocholla told her that the rider deliberately skid the motorcycle and they fell in stagnated water before he attacked him.
The suspect stole Ocholla's bag and fled the scene.
Kimanthi said they have launched investigations into the killing.
The body of the deceased was moved to the hospital's mortuary awaiting for postmortem.
