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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 ...
Johannesburg — Ugandan athletics officials said Thursday that Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei had died in a hospital in neighboring Kenya where she was being treated for burns to 80% ...
Benjamin Kiplagat is the fourth athlete to be killed in the area in recent years NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two […] The post 2 men arrested in connection with Ugandan Olympic runner’s killing in ...
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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.
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.
The 33-year-old Ugandan athlete was set on fire in the small town of Endebess, Kenya, during a disagreement over the land bought by her parents. ... The athlete competed in the 10,000 m race at ...
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]