An autopsy report by government pathologist Dr. Dorothy Njeru has revealed the exact thing that led to the death of the olympian Agnes Tirop.
According to the 3 hour postmortem exercise carried out at the Iten Referral hospital on Tuesday, Agnes Tirop died of injuries that were caused by multiple stab wounds on the neck and blunt force trauma on the head.
Following the exercise, the two pathologists said they would present the autopsy results of Agnes Tirop to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) for further investigations.
“The rest we leave to them to investigate,” she said.
Those present at the Iten County referral hospital were the immediate family members and a number of DCI officials. She will be buried on Saturday at her parents home.
Kenya’s 5,000 meters Tokyo Olympic star Agnes Tirop Jebet was last week on Wednesday morning found dead after she was stabbed in the abdomen.
The lifeless body of the 25 year old Agnes Tirop was found at her house in Iten area, Elgeyo Marakwet county.
Her death came a few days after she made history in the world of athletics. On September 12th, Tirop made history in the adizero Road To Records event in Germany.
She slashed 28 seconds from the 19-year-old women-only mark for 10km as she clocked 30:01.
The deceased sped away from compatriot Sheila Chepkirui to break the mark of 30:29 which had been set by Moroccan Asmae Leghzaoui in 2002.
“I’m so happy to have broken the world record. I felt the pace was good. The course was very good, too.” She said afterwards.
While mourning her, the Elgeyo Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen called for quick apprehension of the perpetrators behind her murder.
“Deeply saddened by the news that Agnes Tirop,the international long distance runner was cruelly murdered at her home in Iten,Elgeyo Marakwet County.I hope the police will quickly apprehend the perpetrators. My condolences to the family,colleagues and friends of Ms Tirop.May she RIP.” Wrote senator Murkomen.
President Uhuru Kenyatta also joined Kenya’s athletics fraternity in mourning Olympian Agnes Jebet Tirop who was part of the triumphant Kenyan contingent to this year’s delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she represented the country in the 5,000m race and finished 4th in the final.
“It is unsettling, utterly unfortunate and very sad that we’ve lost a young and promising athlete who, at a young age of 25 years, she had brought our country so much glory through her exploits on the global athletics stage including in this year’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she was part of the Kenyan team in Japan,” the President eulogised.
“I urge our law enforcement agencies led by the National Police Service to track down and apprehend the criminals responsible for the killing of Agnes so that they can face the full force of the law,” the Head of State directed.
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