Keyser_Soze Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by her partner APNEWS.COM The Ugandan athlete died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after sustaining 80% burns due to an attack by her partner over a land dispute. Quote Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner, a hospital official confirmed Thursday. She was 33. Owen Menach, a spokesperson at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city, said the long-distance runner died early Thursday, the morning after her organs failed. She had been fully sedated on admission. Cheptegei competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics less than a month before the attack. She finished in 44th place. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Had to read deep in to the article to find out "partner" was boyfriend. Could have been a buisness partner seeing as it was a land dispute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 The boyfriend just died in the hospital from burns sustained during the initial attack. Alleged killer of Ugandan Olympian dies from burns, hospital says WWW.YAHOO.COM ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) -The man accused of dousing in petrol and setting alight Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from burns sustained during the fatal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 A bittersweet ending I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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