The assailant went away with the motorcycle leaving behind the owner bleeding to death.
“The unknown man claimed he was going to Chilowamatambe Village.
“The motorcycle operator gave him a lift from Kasungu town,” said Kasungu police spokesperson, Inspector Harry Namwaza.
The incident occurred in Kajani Village along the Chiwengo-Chilowamatambe earth road.
Kasungu Police say, the suspect disguised himself as a potential passenger and approached the bicycle taxi operator, Mathias Nkhoma, 25.
Inspector Namwaza says Nkhoma was stabbed on the chest.
“The motorcycle operator was found on Sunday lying dead in a pool of his own blood. He lay by the roadside with a big stab would on a chest,” Namwaza said.
Police say they have launched a man hunt for the suspect.
Nkhoma hailed from Bondo Village in the area of Senior Chief Kaomba.