Kenyan police have launched a manhunt after the physique of a feminine athlete was discovered with stab wounds within the city of Iten, well-known for its centre for long-distance runners.
Police say they’re in search of the Ethiopian boyfriend of Damaris Muthee Mutua, 28, who was born in Kenya however competed for Bahrain.
She is the second feminine athlete to be killed in Iten in a 12 months.
Final 12 months, Kenyans have been shocked by the killing of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop.
Her husband stays in custody and denies homicide.
Police say Mutua’s physique was present in “a state of decomposition” within the Rift Valley city of Iten, native police chief Tom Makori instructed the AFP information company.
Mutua’s boyfriend was coaching on the identical high-altitude centre as her and will have left the nation, police say.
“The suspect known as a buddy whom they have been coaching collectively and knowledgeable him that he has killed a girlfriend and the physique was in the home,” Mr Makori instructed the Reuters information company.
Mutua competed for Kenya as a junior athlete however later switched to run for Bahrain.
The Ethiopian Athletics Federation has despatched its condolences to Mutua’s household and associates and described her as a “heroin athlete”. For its half, Athletics Kenya paid their condolences to her household and lamented Damaris Muthee Mutua’s expertise.