Ugandan athlete burnt by boyfriend upon return from the Olympics

A Ugandan long distance athlete living in Kenya has been set ablaze by her boyfriend upon her return from the Olympic games.

Rebecca Cheptegei who finished at the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in the western Trans Nzoia County.

She is currently receiving treatment for 75% burns.

Trans Nzoia County Police Commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom has disclosed that Cheptegei’s boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, bought a jerrican of petrol for the attack.

He poured it on her and set her ablaze during a disagreement Sunday.

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Ndiema also sustained burn wounds, and the two are receiving specialized 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 centers.

A report filed by the local chief states that the couple was heard fighting over the land where the house was built before the fire started.

In 2023, Ugandan Olympic runner and steeplechaser Benjamin Kiplagat was found dead with stab wounds.

In 2022, Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete Damaris Muthee was found dead with a postmortem report stating that she was strangled.

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Source: Africafeeds.com