{"id":26001,"date":"2023-08-24T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26001"},"modified":"2023-08-24T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T13:00:17","slug":"kenyan-athletes-held-after-love-triangle-death-of-rwandan-runner-siragi-rubayita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/08\/24\/kenyan-athletes-held-after-love-triangle-death-of-rwandan-runner-siragi-rubayita\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan athletes held after ‘love triangle’ death of Rwandan runner Siragi Rubayita"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Kenyan athletes have been arrested after a Rwandan runner was found dead at a renowned training centre in western Kenya following an alleged involvement in what local media have dubbed a “love triangle”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Siragi Rubayita, 34, was training in the town of Iten before a competition in Italy. His family claim he was killed in what they have described as “a senseless act of violence when a fellow athlete and his girlfriend invited him to their home the night before his departure”.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The family are calling for “truth and justice” for their son who was “pursuing his passion for running and sports excellence”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police investigating the incident that led to Mr Rubayita’s death say two Kenyan athletes, a male and a female, are the main suspects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nasra Bishumba, Mr Rubayita’s sister, told the BBC that her brother was expected back home in Kigali on Friday before his scheduled trip to Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said his coaches in Iten were “instrumental” in searching for him when his roommate raised the alarm after his failure to return home.<\/span><\/p>\n

“After informing us, they immediately started working with the police and that’s how the suspects were apprehended,” she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to local reports, the Kenyan male athlete was allegedly unhappy with the relationship between Rubayita and the Kenyan female athlete.<\/span><\/p>\n

A post-mortem has been carried out and Mr Rubayita’s body has now been repatriated to Rwanda ahead of his funeral after the family dispatched a team to Iten “to bring him home where we intend to give him love and honour him for the exceptional son and brother that he was”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rwanda’s High Commission in Kenya has told the BBC that a diplomat is “on the ground to follow up on the case”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Rubayita has represented Rwanda in international competitions in Africa and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

In June, he finished 13th in the Kigali International Peace Marathon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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