The ex-partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei died from burns sustained in an attack in which he is accused of killing her by dousing her with petrol and setting himself on fire, the Kenyan hospital where she was treated said on Tuesday.
Cheptegei, 33, who competed in the Paris Olympic marathon, suffered burns to more than 75 percent of his body in the September 1 attack and died four days later.
Daniel Lang’at, spokesman for the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, western Kenya, said her ex-boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, died in He died at 7:50 pm local time on Monday. Cheptegei also received treatment and died at the hospital. “He died from his injuries and burns,” Lent told Reuters.
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Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite female athlete to be killed in Kenya since October 2021. boundary.
Rights groups say female athletes in Kenya are vulnerable to exploitation and violence by men and that their prize money far exceeds local earnings.
Nearly 34% of Kenyan girls and women aged 15-49 experience physical violence, with married women particularly at risk, according to 2022 government data. A 2022 survey found that 41% of married women had experienced violence.
Globally, a woman is killed by a member of her own family every 11 minutes, according to a 2023 study by UN Women.
