Ex-partner who killed Ugandan athlete dies from burns

The erstwhile fellow of Ugandan Olympic jock Rebecca Cheptegei, who killed her by mounting her connected fire, has himself died from burns sustained successful nan attack, a Kenyan infirmary charismatic has said.

Dickson Ndiema ambushed nan marathon runner arsenic she returned location from religion much than a week ago, earlier dousing her pinch petrol and mounting her ablaze.

Local administrators said nan 2 had been successful conflict complete a mini portion of onshore successful north-west Kenya, wherever Cheptegei lived and trained.

Ndiema died connected Monday nighttime astatine nan intensive attraction portion wherever he had been admitted pinch much than 30% burns connected his body.

"It's existent he has died from nan [burn] injuries," Dr Owen Menach from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital told nan BBC.

Ms Cheptegei died past Thursday from 80% burns she sustained during nan attack 4 days earlier.

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Neighbours told nan BBC that they heard screams earlier Cheptegei came moving towards them shouting for help.

Ndiema was to look charges arsenic constabulary said they were treating Cheptegei's decease arsenic murder, pinch nan erstwhile fellow named arsenic nan main suspect.

Both of them were admitted to Moi Hospital successful Eldoret earlier their deaths.

The 33-year-old Olympian was nan 3rd jock to beryllium killed successful Kenya successful nan past 3 years, wherever friendly partners were named arsenic nan main suspects by police.

In 2021, world-record holder Agnes Tirop was stabbed to decease and six months later Damaris Mutua was strangled.

Cheptegei was calved connected nan Kenyan broadside of nan Kenya-Uganda border, but chose to transverse complete and correspond Uganda to pursuit her athletics dream erstwhile she did not get a breakthrough successful Kenya.

When she started getting into running, she joined nan Uganda People’s Defence Forces successful 2008 and roseate to sergeant rank.

Her profession included competing successful this year's Paris Olympics. Although she came 44th successful nan marathon, group successful her location area called her "champion".

Cheptegei is group to beryllium buried connected Saturday astatine her ancestral location successful Bukwo, Uganda.

Attacks connected women person go a awesome interest successful Kenya. In 2022 astatine slightest 34% of women said they had knowledgeable beingness violence, according to a nationalist survey.