Kenya – Dickson Ndiema Marangach had doused the Ugandan, who had competed in the Olympic Games, with petrol and burned her
Dickson Ndiema Marangach is dead. Rebecca Cheptegei’s attacker died from burns sustained when he set fire to the Ugandan marathon runner, who died on Thursday, a hospital in western Kenya where he was being treated told AFP on Tuesday. Presented by Kenyan police as the athlete’s partner, he had suffered 30% burns in the fatal attack.
“It is true that we lost Dickson Ndiema last night [lundi] “, a communications manager at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret told AFP on Tuesday morning. On September 1, the man doused Rebecca Cheptegei with petrol and set her ablaze as she was returning from church with her children to her home in Endebess, western Kenya.
“A violent murder”
The 33-year-old athlete died on Thursday with burns to more than 80% of her body. She will be buried on Saturday in her family’s village in eastern Uganda. Rebecca Cheptegei’s father said the attack stemmed from a dispute over land his daughter had bought to build her house.
This murder, a few weeks after his participation in the marathon of the Paris Olympic Games (44th), has aroused worldwide emotion and indignation. The spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, Stéphane Dujarric, notably “(…) - 20minutes
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