Agnes Tirop: Kenyan Olympian’s funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners
by Edwin Waita and Reuters in Nandi County from World news | The Guardian on (#5R28B)
The long-distance runner was buried in her home town in Kenyan highlands after being found stabbed to death
More than 1,000 mourners gathered for the funeral of long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya's highly competitive athletics scene.
Tirop was found stabbed to death in her home in the Great Rift Valley town of Iten on 13 October. Her funeral was held on the day she would have turned 26.
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