Days after a Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei who was torched using petrol by her Kenyan boyfriend died, the boyfriend has also succumbed to his injuries.
According to reports from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Dickson Ndiema was confirmed dead on Monday night at the Intensive Care Unit at the facility after sustaining 30% of the burns
Reports indicate that Ndiema sustained the burns after he doused his then Ugandan ex girlfriend Rebecca Cheptegei who is also an athlete in petrol and attempted to pour more on her and that’s when he sustained injuries.
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Hospital details confirmed that Cheptegei sustained more than 80 percent burns while Ndiema sustained over 30 per cent burns and both have now been confirmed dead after the tragic incident.
Uganda authorities have revealed that Cheptegei will be buried on Saturday and she will be given a military burial because she was a member of the Uganda People Defense Forces (UPDF).
“The hospital asked us to have the postmortem done (On Wednesday) and we accepted because it will help us to know what led to her death and also it will be part of closure for us as we mourn her death,” Cheptegei’s family confirmed.
After the postmortem, the body will be removed from the morgue on Thursday morning and handed to the family and UPDF and later escorted to her home in Endebes Trans Nzoia where it will stay for a night vigil.
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It’s not yet clear what led to confrontation between the two but family reports indicate that the two were having push and pull over a piece of land that Cheptegei had acquired.