An Olympic athlete has died in Kenya – four days after her former boyfriend allegedly doused her in petrol and set her on fire.
Rebecca Cheptegei represented Uganda at the Paris Games in July.
She is the third prominent sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since 2021.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports.
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