Alleged killer of Ugandan athlete dies from burns, hospital says

  • 4 days ago
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 during the attack, the Kenyan hospital where he was being treated said on Tuesday (Sept 10).

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00:00The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegi, accused of killing her by dousing
00:05her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained in the attack.
00:11A spokesman from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, where Cheptegi was also
00:15treated and later died, announced that her ex-boyfriend, Dixon Ndima Marangach, passed
00:21away at 7.50pm local time on Monday.
00:2533-year-old Cheptegi, who competed in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, suffered burns
00:30to more than 75% of her body during the September 1st attack and died four days later.
00:37She finished 44th in the Paris Marathon and is now the third elite female athlete to be
00:42killed in Kenya since October 2021.
00:46Cheptegi's death has put the spotlight on domestic violence in the East African country,
00:51particularly within its running community.
00:54Violence groups warn that female athletes in the country face high risks of exploitation
00:59and violence, often from men attracted to their prize money, which significantly exceeds
01:05local incomes.

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