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submitted 1 week ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said.

Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished at the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in the western Trans Nzoia County.

Trans Nzoia County Police Commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom said Monday that Cheptegei’s boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, bought a jerrican of petrol, poured it on her and set her ablaze during a disagreement Sunday. Ndiema also sustained burn wounds, and the two are receiving specialized treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city.

Cheptegei’s parents said their daughter bought land in Trans Nzoia to be near the county’s many athletic training centers.

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[-] Subtracty@lemmy.world 95 points 1 week ago

What an absolutely horrific change in her day to day life over the course of a few short weeks. I hope she recovers quickly, although I hear that burn recovery is brutal and that her boyfriend goes to prison forever for such a malicious act.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 61 points 1 week ago

I recently learned that debridement is scrubbing the burned area, usually without anesthetics, with wire-bristle brushes, to remove eschar and debris until it bleeds (ensuring blood flow to feed grafts or newly growing skin). May she received quickly and be made whole.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I did a job shadow at a PT clinic years ago. That's where I learned that. Just scrape it all off until it eventually heals.

I used to have a manager that once slid out on her motorcycle on some loose sand and got a bit of road rash. The recovery was similar.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago

Yes, any kind of wound with debris or necrotic tissue. There are other methods, but I would imagine it greatly depends on the depth and extent of the wound and necrosis/foreign particulate matter. I would imagine it's also true of corrosive wounds (chemical burns, of anyone wonders).

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 16 points 1 week ago

I had this done in about 1 square inch on top of my foot for a staph infection I got after crashing my bike. It was insanely painful.

[-] filister@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

And then imagine this same thing done on 75% of her body. I really hope she makes it and fully recovers and I hope her ex boyfriend rots in prison for what he did.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago
[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago

I'm so sorry, friend.

[-] Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 week ago

She died. I hope they jail that guy for the rest of his life.

[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

Idk feel like they should have special circumstances crucifixion for shit like this. Maybe gender relations in Africa could be improved with one simple trick.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago
[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Exactly. You commit violence against your neighbor and boom! The state comes and violently nails your ass to a cross. I'm calling it "the consequences of your own actions."

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Nor do you want the death penalty to return.

Who is to say their neighbor didn't burn her trying to frame the guy? If you aren't 100% sure then you might be killing innocents. And you can never be 100% sure.

[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Sure you do. Some people are simply a net negative to their society. For example, someone who burns an Olympian to death with gasoline over a property dispute. Or a sex trafficker who kidnaps women to sell into slavery. There's plenty of good reasons to unalive certain members of our society. The violence is simply a deterrent

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Who is to say their neighbor didn't burn her trying to frame the guy? If you aren't 100% sure then you might be killing innocents. And you can never be 100% sure.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You don't want the state to get used to committing extreme violence with their citizens.

[-] filister@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

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