Athlete Rebecca Cheptegei Admitted To ICU After Boyfriend Poured Petrol on Her
Athlete Rebecca Cheptegei Admitted To ICU After Boyfriend Poured Petrol on Her: Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei who sustained 75 percent burns after being attacked by an alleged boyfriend has been admitted to ICU at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Uasin Gishu County.
She was critically injured at her house at Kinyoro in Endebes Trans Nzoia county on Monday morning by her boyfriend doused her with petrol and set her on fire
“The man was also caught in the same fire and sustained serious burns”, said Trans Nzoia police commander Jeremiah Ole Kosiom.
He said investigations established that the two had been frequently quarrelling over a plot and a house.
On Sunday, the man is said to have sneaked into the home with a five-litre jerrican full of petrol when Rebecca had gone to church with their children and when she returned, the man poured the petrol on her and lit fire.
Neighbours had a commotion and rescued the two who were rushed to hospital in critical condition.
She is a resident of Cheminy in Uganda, but the parents said she had bought land in Trans Nzoia and built herself a house where she had been staying during her training.