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More details emerge about the murder of Ugandan athlete Kiplagat

Matooke Republic by Matooke Republic
January 2, 2024
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Two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of Ugandan Olympic runner Benjamin Kiplagat, who was found fatally stabbed in a car in Kenya on New Year’s Eve on the outskirts of Eldoret, a high-altitude town in western Kenya renowned as a training base for elite athletes.

According to the police in Kenya, their preliminary investigation indicates that on the fateful day, Kiplagat was driving his brother’s car before he was attacked, and his throat was cut.

However, they believe that the motive for the killing appears to have been robbery because money and a cell phone had been taken from Kiplagat.

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The authorities further reveal that a knife suspected of being used in the killing of the 34-year-old Kiplagat was found with one of the suspects.

Kiplagat competed in three Olympic games and six world championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 African Championships.

Kiplagat is the fourth athlete to be killed in the area in recent years. Two-time cross-country world champion Agnes Tirop was fatally stabbed in her home in the nearby town of Iten in 2021. Her husband is on trial, charged with murder.

Kenyan-born Bahrain runner Damaris Muthee’s decomposing body was found at a male Ethiopian athlete’s house in 2022. The athlete is the main suspect in her death but has not been apprehended.

Rubayita Siragi, a runner from Rwanda was killed in August in what police believe was a fight with another athlete over a woman.

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