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Benjamin Kiplagat: Ugandan athlete stabbed to death in Kenya - Reports

95814329 Benjamin Kiplagat competed in three Olympic Games for Uganda

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 Source: bbc.com

Benjamin Kiplagat, who has represented Uganda at three Olympic Games, has been found dead in Kenya, with local reports saying he had been stabbed.

Kiplagat, 34, reached the semi-finals of the 2012 London Olympics in the 3,000m steeplechase.

He was reportedly found in a car with stab wounds to his chest and neck, near the Kenyan town of Eldoret, known as a top training centre for athletes.

Kenyan police say they have launched an investigation into his death

Source: bbc.com