Olympic Runner Dies Days After Gasoline Attack

A Ugandan marathon runner who competed at the Paris Olympics last month has died just days after her boyfriend soaked her with gasoline and set her on fire.

Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, died on Thursday at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, where she was being treated after suffering burns to 80 percent of her body. Her death was caused by multiple organ failure, Dr. Owen Menach told The New York Times.

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