Ugandan athlete set on fire by her boyfriend weeks after competing at Paris Olympics
Rebecca Cheptegei, an athlete from Uganda living in Kenya was set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for 75% burns, police said.
A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for 75% burns, police said.
Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished 44th in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in western Trans Nzoia County.
Trans Nzoia police commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom said that Cheptegei‘s boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, bought a can of petrol, poured it on her and set her on fire during a disagreement on Sunday.
Ndiema also sustained burn wounds, and both are receiving specialised treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city.
Cheptegei's parents said their daughter bought land in Trans Nzoia to be near the county’s many athletic training centres.
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