Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei 'burned to death' by boyfriend | Us Entertainment News

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[Music] Nairobi Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca chpi died on Thursday for days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya in the latest attack on a female athlete in the country chapi 33 who competed in the Paris Olympics suffered Burns to more than 75% of her body in Sunday's attack Kenyan and Gan media reported she is the third prominent sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021 we have learned of the sad passing on of our Olympic Athlete Rebecca chpi following a vicious attack by her boyfriend Donald rer president of Uganda Olympics committee said in a post on X May her gentle soul rest in peace and we strongly condemn violence against women he said the runner who finished 44th in Paris was admitted to a hospital in the Kenyan Rift Valley City of eldoret after the attack chpi passed today morning at 5:30 a.m. after her organs failed Owen menik senior director of Clinical Services at muah teaching and referral Hospital told Reuters adding that a full report regarding the circumstances of her death would be released on Thursday afternoon Kenyan newspaper the standard said her attacker also sustained injuries in the incident and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with 30% Burns citing doctors at the same Hospital Kenyan Sports Minister Kip chumba mamman described chepi's death as a loss to the entire region this tragedy is a stark reminder that we must do more to combat gender-based violence in our society which in recent years has reared its ugly head in Elite Sporting circles he said in a statement uganda's Athletics Federation called for justice for chpi the athletes Father Joseph chepy told reporters and eldoret that he was asking the government to protect her children and properties so that no one will get into her home and take anything the land has brought problems he said following local media reports that the mother of two and her boyfriend had been fighting over property in the days leading up to the attack Peter agang uganda's minister of State for sports said Kenyan authorities were investigating the killing which has shown a spotlight on violence experienced by women in the east African nation nearly 34% of Kenyan girls and women aged 15 to 9 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 that a report by un women and the UN office on drugs and crime said that in 20122 African countries collectively recorded the largest number of killings of women both in absolute terms and relative to the size of the continent's female population that in October 2021 Olympian Runner Agnes Tyro a rising star in Kenya's highly competitive athletic scene was found dead in her home in the town of eon with multiple stab wounds to the neck Ibrahim rodic her husband was charged with her murder and has pleaded not guilty the case is ongoing The 25-year-olds Killing shocked Kenya with current and former athletes setting up tys angels in 2022 to combat domestic violence Joan chimo one of the founders of the nonprofit told Reuters that female athletes were at high risk of exploitation and violence at the hands of men drawn to their money they get into these traps of predators who pose in their lives as lovers she said

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