The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained during the attack, the Kenyan hospital where he was being treated said on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Cheptegei, 33, who competed in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, suffered burns to more than 75% of her body in the Sept. 1 attack and died four days later. <\/p>\n
Her former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, died at 7.50 p.m. (12.50 p.m. ET) on Monday, said Daniel Lang\u2019at, a spokesperson at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret in western Kenya, where Cheptegei was also treated and died. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe died from his injuries, the burns he sustained,\u201d Lang\u2019at told Reuters. Local media reported that he had suffered 30% burns when he assaulted Cheptegei as she was returning home from church with her children. <\/p>\n
Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021. Her death has put the spotlight on domestic violence in the East African country, particularly within its running community. <\/p>\n
Rights groups say female athletes in Kenya, where many international runners train in the high-altitude highlands, are at a high risk of exploitation and violence at the hands of men drawn to their prize money, which far exceeds local incomes. <\/p>\n
\u201cJustice really would have been for him to sit in jail and think about what he had done. This is not positive news whatsoever,\u201d said Viola Cheptoo, co-founder of Tirop\u2019s Angels, a support group for survivors of domestic violence in Kenya\u2019s athletic community. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe shock of Rebecca\u2019s death is still fresh,\u201d Cheptoo told Reuters. <\/p>\n
Cheptoo co-founded Tirop\u2019s Angels in memory of Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya\u2019s highly competitive athletics scene, who was found dead in her home in the town of Iten in October 2021, with multiple stab wounds to the neck. <\/p>\n
Ibrahim Rotich, Tirop\u2019s husband, was charged with her murder and has pleaded not guilty. The case is ongoing. <\/p>\n
Nearly 34% of Kenyan girls and women aged 15-49 years have suffered physical violence, according to government data from 2022, with married women at particular risk. The 2022 survey found that 41% of married women had faced violence. <\/p>\n
Globally, a woman is killed by someone in her own family every 11 minutes, according to a 2023 UN Women study. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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