she was 33 years old she had just returned from Paris for the Olympics now Olympic Athlete Rebecca Shep is dead she died from complications after being set on fire by a former boyfriend the murder has sparked widespread emotion particularly in her home country Uganda Bastian Renu reports the first reactions to Rebecca chp's killing came from Uganda the minister for education and sports sent his condolences to the family and to ugandans at large then the Uganda Athletics Federation said How Deeply sden it is by the death of its atlete and called for justice and then later in the day the family spoke to the media in eldo the town where she died of course they shared their pain they said how painful it is to lose a sister a daughter and then they blamed the Kenyan police they said that she had been threatened by the man who killed her for a while listen to her mother I have no strength I just blame the police in her home of endes they were responsible for providing security for my child's home but failed I have nothing else to say there is now an investigation ongoing according to the police 80% of her body was burned after she was allegedly attacked by a former boyfriend the police said that a neighbors witnessed the attack they said that they saw the man pouring a liquid on Chap's body before burning her this man is now in hospital he was injured as well 30% of his body was burnt he will be arrested as soon as he is discharged from hospital according to the police