He is said to have stabbed her: the police catch the husband of a dead running star

He is said to have stabbed her
Police catch the husband of a dead runner

The search is successful: Kenya’s police catch the husband of the killed runner Agnes Tirop after just under two days. He is suspected of stabbing the 25-year-old world record holder. He made hints to Tirop’s parents.

After the violent death of long-distance runner Agnes Jebet Tirop, the Kenyan police took her husband into custody. Emmanuel Rotich is suspected of stabbing the Olympic participant and world record holder.

“The suspect was arrested in the coastal city of Mombasa,” said the director of the criminal investigation department, George Kinoti, of the French news agency AFP: “He is in custody and was arrested while on the run.” He tried to flee to a neighboring country. Rotich is expected to appear in court next Friday. “He will be charged once the investigation is over,” added Kinoti.

Tom Makori, police commander of Keiyo North, had previously explained the background to the search for Rotich: “The suspect called Tirop’s parents and said that he had done something wrong. So we think he knows what happened.”

Tirop was found dead on Wednesday with multiple stab wounds in the bedroom of her home in Iten, western Kenya. Numerous running stars in the country train at the high altitude. Tirop was 25 years old. “The murder of a champion,” wrote the Daily Nation.

Just a month ago, Tirop, who finished fourth in the Olympic Games over 5000 meters in Tokyo in the summer, set a road world record in Herzogenaurach when she improved the previous record by 28 seconds to 30:01 minutes in an all-women race over 10 kilometers . In addition, Tirop had won bronze medals over 10,000 meters in 2017 and 2019. “Kenya has lost a jewel,” the association wrote in a statement.

Tirops death aroused great sympathy. Even Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta spoke up and called on the police to track down those behind the crime.

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