Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies, days after boyfriend set her on fire

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00:00Ugandan marathonian Rebecca Cheptege has died in a Kenyan hospital after her partner, Dixon

00:06Ndema, doused her in petrol and immolated her as she ran away.

00:10She arrived in hospital with 80% burns.

00:13The Olympic athlete's father described a premeditated ambush.

00:17He purchased five litres of petrol in Endebes.

00:21He got into the compound unnoticed and hid in the chicken coop.

00:26As she opened the chicken coop to prepare it, that's when he pounced and poured the

00:31petrol on her back and lit her up as she was running away.

00:39The home he broke into was where she lived with her two daughters aged nine and eleven,

00:44one of whom described witnessing the attack and said when she tried to come to her mother's

00:48aid, Ndema kicked her so she couldn't.

00:52She then cried out for help, attracting the attention of neighbours.

00:55Cheptege's murder comes just weeks after finishing 44th in the Paris Olympic marathon

01:00and as activists warn of a femicide epidemic in the country.

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