NAIROBI, Sept 5 — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, Uganda’s Olympic Committee chief said today. “We have...
What you should know about: Getting your money back for AirAsia, MAB, Batik Air flights late five hours or more Uganda ’s Rebecca Cheptegei competes in the women’s marathon final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on August 26, 2023. — AFP picNAIROBI, Sept 5 — Uganda n Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, Uganda ’s Olympic Committee chief said today.
Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 per cent of her body, the acting head of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in the Rift Valley city of Eldorect where she was being treated, had told reporters on Tuesday.Police had said a man named as Dickson Ndiema Marangach, identified as her partner, had allegedly doused Cheptegei with petrol and set her alight in an attack on Sunday at her home in Endebess in the western county of Trans-Nzoia.
Kenyan media had reported that one of Cheptegei’s daughters witnessed the assault at her mother’s home. “I immediately cried out for help, attracting a neighbour who tried to extinguish the flames with water, but it was not possible,” said the girl, who has not been named.The assault comes two years after Kenyan-born athlete Damaris Mutua was found dead in Iten, a world-famous running hub in the Rift Valley.
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