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Africa Live: Autopsy reveals Kelvin Kiptum died from head injuries - BBC News Africa Live: Autopsy reveals Kelvin Kiptum died from head injuries - BBC News
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Ruth Nesoba Hanna Temuari
BBC Africa, Nairobi BBC News, Addis Ababa
An autopsy has revealed that Kenya's world marathon record An Ethiopian army drone strike has killed dozens in the Amhara region, according to witnesses and hospital sources.
holder Kelvin Kiptum died from severe head injuries in a road accident earlier this month. The attack reportedly occurred on Monday near a small
Kenya’s chief government pathologist Johanssen Odour told local media that the injuries were town called Sasit in the central part of the country while a truck
consistent with those suffered in motor vehicle accidents. was dropping off passengers .
The 24-year-old rising star and his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana were killed in a late-night accident on 11 February near his home in north-western Kenya. The Ethiopian army has been engaged in combat with a
Hakizimana funeral is under way in Rwanda. local militant group called Fano since April last year.
Kiptum will be laid to rest on Friday at his Residents told BBC that up to 30 civilians,
home village, Chepkorio in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, in what is expected to be a including 16 members of a single family who were returning from a baby's
state event. baptism, lost their lives in the attack.
Kiptum rose to fame last year when he won the Chicago marathon and set a new A medical practitioner confirmed that 18 people sustained
world record of 2:00:35. serious injuries and three of them died upon arrival at a medical facility.
He beat the previous record held by The conflict erupted when authorities decided to dissolve
compatriot Eliud Kipchoge by 34 seconds setting Kiptum up as Kipchoge’s main rival for the an ethnic-based paramilitary group and integrate its members into other
2024 season. regional and national security forces.
The two had been named in Kenya’s provisional marathon team for The government has not responded to reports of Monday's attack.
the Paris Olympics later this year. The Amhara region has been under a state of emergency
His team had announced that Kiptum since August of last year.
would attempt to run the 42km distance in under two hours at the Rotterdam
marathon - a feat that has never been achieved in open competition.
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