Rebecca Cheptegei, a Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend has breathed her last.
She had been admitted and received treatment for burns on her body which were 75%, police said.
Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished in the 44th position at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in western Trans Nzoia County.
Trans Nzoia County Police Commander Jeremiah Ole Kosiom said Monday that Cheptegei’s boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, bought a jerrican of petrol, poured it on her, and set her ablaze during a disagreement Sunday.
The disagreement stemmed over a piece of land with her boyfriend in Eldoret, Kenya.
Ndiema also sustained burn wounds, and the two are receiving specialized treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city.
Cheptegei’s parents said their daughter bought land in Trans Nzoia to be near the county’s many athletic training centers.
A report filed by the local chief states the couple was heard fighting over the land where the house was built before the fire started.
In 2023, Ugandan Olympic runner and steeplechaser Benjamin Kiplagat was found dead with stab wounds.
In 2022, Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete Damaris Muthee was found dead. A postmortem report said she was strangled.
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