"We have learnt of the sad passing on of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei ... following a vicious attack by her boyfriend," Donald Rukare, President of Uganda Olympics Committee, said in a post on X.
Cheptegei suffered burns to over 75% of her body after allegedly being doused with petrol by her boyfriend, local media reported this  Monday. The attack took place on Sunday afternoon, both Kenyan and Ugandan newspapers reported. Trans Nzoia county police Commander Jeremiah Ole Kosiom had told The Star newspaper that Cheptegei's boyfriend, named as Daniel Ndiema Marangach, was also burnt in the attack, described as a domestic dispute.

--Reuters--