The former boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who killed her by setting her on fire, has himself died from burns sustained in the attack, a Kenyan hospital official has said.<\/p>\n
Dickson Ndiema ambushed the marathon runner as she returned home from church more than a week ago, before dousing her with petrol and setting her ablaze.<\/p>\n
Local administrators said the two had been in conflict over a small piece of land in north-west Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and trained.<\/p>\n
Ndiema died on Monday night at the intensive care unit where he had been admitted with more than 30% burns on his body.<\/p>\n
“It’s true he has died from the [burn] injuries,” Dr Owen Menach from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in the town of Eldoret told the BBC.<\/p>\n