Police have launched a manhunt for a man accused of allegedly killing his former lover in a deadly love triangle.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), police are searching for the man said to have been accosted and slain by his ex-wife's husband, who was aggrieved by her decision to start a new relationship.

In a statement on X, DCI revealed that the 32-year-old woman met her death on Monday night outside the house of her current boyfriend.

DCI said the woman was found with deep cuts on the head outside the rented house in Eldama Ravine, Baringo County.