The athlete Rebecca Cheptegeiwho participated in the marathon of the past Paris Olympic Gamesdied in hospital Kenya because of the attack she suffered at the hands of her boyfriend. The Ugandan woman was admitted to hospital after she was doused with petrol and set on fire, allegedly by her partner.
He Eldoret Moi Teaching and Referral Hospitalin western Kenya, confirmed the news: “Unfortunately we lost her after all her organs failed last night,” the doctor said. Owen Menach.
The incident occurred last Sunday in Kenya’s county of Trans Nzoia (West), from where the 33-year-old athlete was rushed to the aforementioned hospital due to the severity of the numerous burns on 80 percent of her body. The alleged attacker, Dickson Marangachalso suffered serious burns and is in the same hospital in Eldoret.
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