The hospital in Kenya’s Eldoret announces that the Olympic runner’s boyfriend died on Monday evening – just a few days after Rebecca Cheptegei died in the same hospital.
It was on Sunday September 1 that the boyfriend allegedly bought petrol, poured it over Cheptegei and set it on fire after an argument in Kenyan Trans Nozia, which is close to the border with Uganda.
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The daughters saw the incident
Kenyan media have previously reported that one of the athlete’s daughters saw what happened.
– He kicked me when I tried to help my mother, she says. – I called for help, a neighbor came and tried to put out the flames with water, but it didn’t work.
Cheptegei was taken to hospital with life-threatening burns, but on Thursday last week it was announced that she had died from her injuries. At the time, it was stated that the boyfriend was also treated for serious burns after the attack on Cheptegei.
Cheptegei finished 44th in the Paris Marathon with a time of 2.32.14.
Photo: AP/TT
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