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Ugandan athlete dies after being set on fire

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Gasia Ohanes
September 5, 2024

Uganda's Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from burns following an alleged attack by her boyfriend in Kenya. Doctors tried to treat the wounds on 80 percent of her body but were unable to save her.

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