Kenyan police on Thursday quizzed world 3,000 steeplechase champion and London Olympic hopeful Ezekiel Kemboi after a reported car jacking in which a woman was stabbed, officials said Thursday. Police said that Kemboi had told them his car was stopped by two men late Wednesday in his hometown of Eldoret, some 315 kilometres (195 miles) west of the Kenyan capital, before they launched a bungled assault. “Kemboi said they pounced on him, demanding money, and when they were told he had no money, one of them suddenly pulled out a sharp object trying to stab him,” said local police official Charles Jamanda. However, the 30-year-old athlete — who is also a police officer — said that in the fight, a nearby woman called Anne Njeri was stabbed in the chest. “Kemboi said he dodged the object, which in turn stabbed Njeri,” Jamanda said. Kemboi, the 2004 Olympic champion, told local media that the lady was “part of the gang” that had tried to attack him, claims dismissed by Njeri’s family. Njeri was admitted to a hospital in Eldoret.
