The man set his lover on fire and received burns himself, from which he soon died in the hospital.
33-year-old runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who represented Uganda at the 2024 Olympics, died after a quarrel with her boyfriend.
A domestic dispute escalated into murder. A 32-year-old man named Dixon Ndiema doused a young woman with gasoline and set her on fire.
The athlete was hospitalized with burns covering 75% of her body. Doctors fought for her life, but eventually all her organs failed and she died.
At the same time, the arsonist himself was hospitalized. In the process of committing the crime, he received burns on 30% of his body and recently died in the hospital, RMC Sport reports.
Shortly before his death, he developed respiratory failure.
The conflict between the couple occurred on September 1. The reason is said to be a dispute over a plot of land.
The athlete died on September 3, and her chosen one died a week later. Both were in a hospital in Kenya.
