Emmanuel Rothic, who was detained in the Kenyan seaside town of Mombasa, will be charged after the investigation is completed, the official said.
As previously reported, the athlete was found dead in her home. According to the Athletics Federation, Agnese had several stomach stabs.
The prime suspect in the gruesome murder of 25-year-old world 5,000m record holder Agnes Tirop, has been arrested. Ibrahim Rotich, who was in a relationship with the athlete was arrested moments ago in Changamwe, Mombasa county, as he tried to flee to a neighboring pic.twitter.com/G2OrhlaM8X
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Rotič, who is described as the main suspect in the killing of the athlete, was caught trying to “go to a neighboring country to avoid trial,” police said.
Earlier that day, he “entered his truck in a truck when he was desperately trying to escape.” Rotič is currently being questioned.
Agnese Tiropa, who represented Kenya this summer at the 5,000-meter Tokyo Olympics, is the bronze medalist at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships in the 10,000-meter distance, as well as her victory at the 2015 World Cross-Country Championship, but last month she reached a new level in Germany. a world record of 10,000 meters, running on the highway – 30 minutes and one second.
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