{"id":182895,"date":"2024-09-14T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/thousands-turn-out-for-funeral-of-murdered-olympian-rebecca-cheptegei-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T17:00:17","slug":"thousands-turn-out-for-funeral-of-murdered-olympian-rebecca-cheptegei-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/thousands-turn-out-for-funeral-of-murdered-olympian-rebecca-cheptegei-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands turn out for funeral of murdered Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gIAPourkJZk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands turn out for funeral of murdered Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gIAPourkJZk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of mourners have gathered for the funeral of Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei.<\/p>\n<p>The athlete died after being set on fire by her former boyfriend, and has now been buried in her father&#8217;s homestead in eastern Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>As she was also a member of Uganda&#8217;s armed forces, soldiers carried the coffin and gave a three-volley salute at the service.<\/p>\n<p>Dickson Ndiema attacked Cheptegei with petrol just under a fortnight ago outside her home in neighbouring north-west Kenya, close to where she trained.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old&#8217;s killing, and its brutal nature, left her family distraught and shocked many others across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#RebeccaCheptegei #Uganda #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of mourners have gathered for the funeral of Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei. 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