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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on female ...
Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has died from burns four days after police say her former boyfriend poured gasoline on her and set her on fire ...
Rebecca Cheptegei, the Marathon runner who represented team Uganda at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, has died. The tragedy comes just four days after her boyfriend set her on fire after the couple ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after sustaining 80% burns on her body due to an attack by her partner. A spokesperson at the hospital, Owen Menach, confirmed her death on Thursday.
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) -The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished at the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in the western Trans Nzoia County.
Rebecca Cheptegei was born on the Kenyan side of the Kenya–Uganda border on 22 February 1991 [1] [2] [3] to Joseph and Agnes Cheptegei [4] and was the second of 13 siblings. [5] Her ancestral village was Bukwo in Uganda. She later moved to the village of Chepkum in Kenya [1] and bought property there to be closer to athletic training centres. [6]
The former partner of the Olympic marathon Rebecca Cheptegei has reportedly died from the burns he sustained while allegedly dousing the Ugandan athlete in gasoline.. Dickson Ndiema, died on the ...