Rebecca Cheptegay: Who is the marathon killer who burned her alive with gasoline

For a plot she surrounded with gasoline and burned Rebecca Cheptegay alive from her former friend, Dickson Diema. Shocked remains the world athletic track community from the wild attack by Ugandan marathon runner inside her home in Kenya. No one believed her ex-partner would take her life (05.09.2024), three days after the attack after she had burns in 80% of her body. The perpetrator is currently being hospitalized after he himself suffered burns, according to dailymail. Police found at the crime scene a gas can, a bag and a burned phone. The father of the wrongful athlete Joseph Cheptegay revealed that the former couple were arguing too often about a plot in Empempes. Rebecca Cheptegay left at the age of only 33. Although he was rushed to a Kenya hospital and the doctors tried to do the impossible – strong, unfortunately the marathon route did not succeed. “Unfortunately, we lost her,” said the doctor who tried to save her. The heinous crime unfortunately saw with her eyes one of the daughters of the marathon route. In statements she revealed that the shooter kicked her when she tried to save her mother. The moment when the mother of the marathon mourns the loss of her daughter: The murder of the marathon road caused huge grief in Uganda with the president of the country’s Olympic Committee expressing his anger by posting on X (former Twitter). “We learned of the sad death of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegay after fierce attack by her friend”. The president described the attack as absurd and cowardly and added that the athlete’s legacy will continue to live. The press release issued by the Uganda Olympic Committee called for justice and authorities to act quickly to bring the perpetrator to justice.