Kenyan hospital officers say Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei was set on hearth and her ex-boyfriend died from burns within the assault.
Greater than per week in the past, Dickson Ndiema ambushed the marathon runner as she was returning dwelling from church, doused her with petrol and set her on hearth.
Native managers stated the 2 clashed over a small patch of land in northwestern Kenya the place Cheptegei lives and trains.
Ndima died on Monday evening within the intensive care unit the place he was admitted with burns over 30% of his physique.
“He did die [burn] Dr Owen Menach of Moi Instructing and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city informed the BBC.
Ms. Cheptegei She died from 80 per cent burns in the attack last Thursday 4 days in the past.
Neighbors informed the BBC they heard screams after which Cheptegei ran in the direction of them, shouting for assist.
Ndima will face costs as police say they’re treating Cheptegei’s loss of life as a murder, together with her ex-boyfriend named as the principle suspect.
Each have been admitted to Moi Hospital in Eldoret earlier than their deaths.
The 33-year-old Olympian was the third Kenyan athlete to be killed up to now three years, with police naming an intimate accomplice as the principle suspect.
In 2021, world document holder Agnes Tirop was stabbed to loss of life and 6 months later Damaris Mutua was strangled.
Cheptegei was born on the Kenyan facet of the border between Kenya and Uganda, however when there was no breakthrough in Kenya, she selected to cross over and characterize Uganda to pursue her observe and subject desires.
When she began operating, she joined the Uganda Folks’s Protection Forces in 2008 and was promoted to sergeant.
Her profession consists of competing on this 12 months’s Paris Olympics. Regardless that she completed forty fourth within the marathon, folks in her hometown known as her “The Champion.”
Cheptegei shall be buried on Saturday at her ancestral dwelling in Bukuwa, Uganda.
Assaults in opposition to ladies have turn into a significant drawback in Kenya. A nationwide survey confirmed that by 2022, at the least 34% of ladies stated they’d skilled bodily violence.
