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Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei died from implicit organ nonaccomplishment astatine the property of 33 aft being acceptable connected occurrence by her alleged boyfriend.
Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei Set connected Fire successful Gasoline Attack Weeks After Paris Games
Rebecca Cheptegei's communicative has ended successful tragedy.
The Ugandan region runner—who competed astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics conscionable weeks ago—died Sept. 5 after being acceptable connected fire successful a gasoline onslaught by an alleged boyfriend, local outlets confirmed. She was 33.
“It is bittersweet that we mislaid the diligent aboriginal this morning,” said Dr. Owen Menach, the Director of Clinical Services and Surgery astatine Kenya’s Moi Teaching and Referring Hospital wherever Rebecca was admitted to the ICU for her pain injuries, per the The Nation, “after each her organs failed astatine astir 5 a.m. portion we were doing our champion to prevention her life.”
The Ugandan Athletics Federation expressed its sadness implicit the nonaccomplishment of the athlete.
“We are profoundly saddened to denote the passing of our athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei aboriginal this greeting who tragically fell unfortunate to home violence,” the enactment shared connected X, formerly Twitter. “As a federation, we condemn specified acts and telephone for justice. May her psyche remainder In Peace.”
The Olympian—who was reportedly a ma to 2 children—suffered burns connected astatine slightest 75 percent of her assemblage arsenic good arsenic inhalation burns connected Sept. 2 aft her alleged fellow Dickson Ndiema acceptable her occurrence pursuing an altercation, constabulary main Jeremiah Ole Kosiom told reporters, per the BBC.
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“The mates were heard quarreling extracurricular their house,” helium told journalists. “During the altercation, the fellow was seen pouring a liquid connected the pistillate earlier burning her.”
Authorities said, per the BBC, that the fishy snuck into Rebecca’s Kenyan location with a five-liter tin of gasoline portion the jock was astatine church. The fishy reportedly doused her with the liquid erstwhile she returned and lit her connected fire. Neighbors told the constabulary they heard the altercation and pulled the brace retired of the flames earlier they were some rushed to the hospital.
According to section outlets, Rebecca and the fishy had been quarreling implicit a onshore dispute.
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Many person expressed their outrage implicit the onslaught connected Rebecca, which occurs amid ongoing instances of gender-based unit successful Kenya.
As Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei said, per The Nation, “The incidental that happened to our jock from Uganda is truly unfortunate and bittersweet due to the fact that you can’t harm idiosyncratic owed to disagreements astir property, particularly from a partner. As a federation, we condemn this successful the strongest presumption imaginable due to the fact that that is not however we are expected to live.”
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