NAIROBI, Jan 22: Kenyan marathon runner Wesley Ngetich has been shot and killed by a poisoned arrow, the second international athlete to die in post-election violence in the east African country.

“We have received word from Ngetich’s manager and we deeply regret Ngetich’s demise,” Athletics Kenya’s secretary, David Okeyo, said on Tuesday.

His American manager, Hussein Makke, was quoted in US newspapers saying the athlete was a victim of a poisoned arrow attack during fighting in his hometown of Trans Mara, at the edge of world famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve on Monday.

Ngetich, 34, had been lined up for a series of road races in the US in the coming weeks.

About 650 people have been killed in violence since last month and 250,000 displaced in fighting that started after election results for the Dec 27 vote were announced.—Reuters