Marathon winner killed by arrow
A Kenyan marathon runner was fatally shot with an arrow, the second international athlete to die as Kenya struggles with postelection chaos, a sports official and fellow athlete said.
Wesly Ngetich, 34, won the Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minn., in 2005 and 2007.
David Okeyo, head of Athletics Kenya, the governing body for Kenyan sports, confirmed Ngetich’s death. A fellow athlete said Ngetich was caught in crossfire between two ethnic groups.
Former Olympic runner Lucas Sang was killed in western Kenya during postelection violence.
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