Ex-boyfriend accused of perspective Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei in flames, killing her, died from the accidents he sustained within the horrific assault, in accordance with the report.
Dickson Ndiema died on the Moi Educating and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya on Monday night, hospital sources stated Nation Africa.
The Olympic athlete’s estranged good friend was taken to hospital after the alleged assault and was positioned in intensive care with burns over 30 per cent of his physique.
Cheptegean servant hospitalized in the identical facility as Ndiema, with 80 p.c of her physique burned.
The Olympian died of organ failure on Thursday.
“The injury was already accomplished when she got here,” Dr Kimani Mbugua instructed the Kenyan Information Bulletin The standard final week.
“We supported her organs as finest we may, however sadly it was past what we may do.”
She was 33.
The previous sadist is believed to have damaged into the house Cheptegei had inbuilt Kenya, close to the Ugandan border, whereas she attended church along with her 9- and 11-year-old daughters.
Ndiema was accused of ambushing Cheptegei when she returned residence, dousing her with petrol and setting her on hearth throughout a dispute over land she had purchased close to the nation’s athletic coaching centre, in accordance with police in Trans Nzoia District Commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom.
Certainly one of Cheptegei’s daughters revealed that she discovered her mom on hearth and was allegedly kicked by Ndiema as she tried to place out the flames.
“He kicked me as I used to be making an attempt to run to avoid wasting my mom,” the unidentified daughter instructed The Commonplace.
“I instantly known as for assist, bringing in a neighbor who tried to place out the flames with water, but it surely was not potential.”
“We’re deeply saddened to announce the dying of our athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei, early this morning who was tragically a sufferer of home violence,” the Uganda Athletics Federation wrote to X, eulogizing the Olympic runner.
“As a federation, we condemn such actions and name for justice. Could her soul relaxation in peace.”
Cheptegei completed forty fourth within the girls’s marathon on the Paris Olympics final month.
The marathoner additionally received the Padua Marathon in Italy and completed fourth within the 2022 Abu Dhabi Marathon.
She represented Uganda on the 2011 and 2013 World Cross Nation Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain and Bydgoszcz, Poland.
