Olympic Runner Dies After Being Set on Fire by Boyfriend [Current Affairs]
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2024
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegai, who just competed in the Olympics, has succumbed to her injuries after her boyfriend doused her in gasoline and set her on fire.
Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now.
Sources
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/sport/ugandan-olympian-rebecca-cheptegei-dies-intl/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/sports/rebecca-cheptegei-dead-uganda-olympic-athlete.html
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Kern Affairs, our shorter length show about the stories of Love Gone |
| 0:11.6 | Fataly Wrong that are in the news right now. |
| 0:15.0 | This week Andy is traveling so I'll be presenting an abbreviated episode on a truly horrific |
| 0:21.0 | situation. |
| 0:22.0 | Rebecca Cheptaget, a 33-year-old long-distance runner, represented Uganda at the |
| 0:26.6 | 2024 Paris Olympics, finishing 44th in the Women's Marathon. |
| 0:31.5 | Known for her incredible endurance, |
| 0:33.2 | she had already made history in the world of mountain running, |
| 0:36.0 | winning gold at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships |
| 0:38.8 | in 2022. |
| 0:40.1 | But just weeks after competing in Olympics, her life took a heartbreaking and violent turn. |
| 0:45.7 | On Sunday, September 1st, Rebecca was attacked in her home in Transzoya County, Kenya, |
| 0:51.6 | where she had moved to train. |
| 0:53.2 | According to multiple reports, including the Associated Press and BBC, |
| 0:56.8 | a quarrel between Rebecca and her boyfriend, Dixon Diama, |
| 0:59.7 | escalated into a horrific act of violence. |
| 1:03.2 | Witnesses reported hearing the couple arguing outside their home |
| 1:06.6 | when Diamma allegedly doused Rebecca in gasoline |
| 1:09.8 | and set her on fire. |
| 1:11.6 | Both Rebecca and Diamma suffered severe burns. |
| 1:14.6 | Neighbors quickly responded, managing to put out the flames |
| 1:17.6 | before rushing them to Moy teaching and referral hospital |
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