{"id":63768,"date":"2023-12-31T17:46:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T17:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/benjamin-kiplagat-ugandan-athlete-stabbed-to-death-in-kenya-reports"},"modified":"2023-12-31T18:33:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T18:33:58","slug":"benjamin-kiplagat-ugandan-athlete-stabbed-to-death-in-kenya-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/benjamin-kiplagat-ugandan-athlete-stabbed-to-death-in-kenya-reports","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Kiplagat: Ugandan athlete stabbed to death in Kenya &#8211; reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Benjamin Kiplagat, who has represented Uganda at three Olympic Games, has been found dead in Kenya, with local reports saying he had been stabbed.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kiplagat, 34, reached the semi-finals of the 2012 London Olympics in the 3,000m steeplechase.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan police say they have launched an investigation into his death.<\/p>\n<p>World Athletics said it was &#8220;shocked and saddened&#8221; by news of Kiplagat&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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. 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