KISUMU: Police in Kisumu East are hunting down a man who viciously attacked his 24-year-old ex-girlfriend, inflicting on her life-threatening injuries for leaving him for another man.

The suspect, Sebi Obonyo, is reported to have accosted the lady at her current boyfriend’s house within Nyakbong’ village of Kamjulu at around 4.45pm Friday, stabbing her twice on the left ear and chest with a sharp object.

The neighbors who heard her scream and rushed swiftly to the scene, forcing the assailant to flee before confirming the worst.

The victim bled profusely putting her life in danger, and was rushed to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in critical condition.

Preliminary information given by the neighbors to the police indicated that the assailant, Obonyo was not happy after being left by his ex- girlfriend for her better choice, thereby ambushing her while alone in her new boyfriend’s house.

As she continues fighting for her life at the hospital, locals and the police are working hand in hand to see the suspect brought to book.