Rebecca Cheptegei33, a Ugandan marathon runner has died. She did not survive an attack by her partner, which left her with burns over 75 percent of her body. The president of the Ugandan Olympic Committee announced. “We have learned of the sad passing of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei following a violent attack by her boyfriend. May her soul rest in peace and we strongly condemn violence against women,” Donald Rukare wrote on X. “This was a cowardly and senseless act that has led to the loss of a great athlete.”
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The Ugandan marathon runner, who had competed and finished 44th at the Paris Olympics, was hospitalized in Eldoret, Kenya, in intensive care. She had suffered very serious burns on Sunday, September 1. Her partner had broken into her home and, after an argument, had doused her with gasoline. She had just returned home from attending mass with her children.
The boyfriend’s act appears to be clearly premeditated. Cheptegei’s boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, showed up at the house with a can of petrol he had bought. He also suffered burns. A was found in the house petrol can of five liters and a destroyed cell phone in the fire. The woman’s parents would have linked the motive for the attack to the recent purchase by the girl of a land in Trans-Nzoia County, in Kenya.
Source: Vanity Fair
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