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Murder most foul: Family in tears after Ugandan athlete Cheptegei dies

Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei. [Courtesy]

Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei Thursday succumbed to severe burns she suffered in an attack six days ago, even as it emerged she had feared for her life in recent months.

Doctors at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret pronounced Cheptegei, 33, dead at 5.30am. For a mother who had suffered 80 per cent burns when she was allegedly set ablaze by a male friend at 2pm on Sunday, September 1, chances of survival were slim, according to doctors.

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