Benjamin Kiplagat, a long-distance runner who represented Uganda, was found inside his brother’s car with stab wounds.
A former Ugandan Olympian has been fatally stabbed in Kenya.
Benjamin Kiplagat, a long-distance runner, was found with stab wounds inside his brother’s car on Sunday morning on the outskirts of Eldoret, a town located 163 miles west of Nairobi, a local official said.
“This was murder, but we do not know the motive for now,” Stephen Okal, police commander from the nearby Moiben area, said.
The three-time Olympian specialised in the 3,000-metre steeplechase and reached the semi-finals of the 2012 London Olympics.
He also represented Uganda at the 2008 and 2016 Games and six World Athletics Championships.
