Police in Kisumu are investigating an incident where a General Service Unit (GSU) officer was killed on Sunday under unclear circumstances in Manyatta slums.

According to Capital News, the officer, who hails from Kolwa in Kisumu East Sub County, was on leave and was with friends when he was attacked and killed.

They were in a vehicle escorting a lady friend to her house in Manyatta.

“One of the guys who was in their company asked the driver to stop to answer a call of nature,” a source told Capital News.

It is at this point that unknown people attacked the other guy, promoting the deceased to rush to his defense.

He was stabbed in the chest once and died on the spot.

“A confrontation ensued between the KDF guy and the other attackers then he got stabbed,” he said.

The single stab left a gaping wound on his chest as the officer bled profusely to death.

The other guy, too, was injured and is recuperating at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital.

The unknown attackers then vanished into darkness after the altercation.

Police later moved the body to the hospital mortuary, pending postmortem examinations.