CCTV footage shows how two suspects tracked and allegedly killed athlete Benjamin Kiplagat

Police in Uasin Gishu County on Monday arrested two key suspects believed to have been involved in the murder of Kenyan-born Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat, who was found dead in his car on Sunday morning at Kimumu estate on the outskirts of Eldoret town.

CCTV footage obtained by Citizen Digital shows the two suspects tracking Kiplagat’s car before leaving the estate on December 31, 2023 at around 1:10 am.

The camera captured a motorbike rider speeding off from the estate; a minute later at 1:11am, a pick-up vehicle approaches the exit as the driver appears to be in a rush.

At this time, the events remain unclear; a minute later, a white saloon car is seen moving at an unusually slow speed.

Two minutes in at 1:14 am, the pick-up dashes back to the estate and a man suspiciously walks towards the direction of the car, another man then follows ,they then rush back towards the exit.

The CCTV footage is what police in Eldoret used to arrest the two suspects accused of involvement in the murder of the late athlete.

Moiben sub-county Police Commander Stephen Okal said one of the suspects was apprehended within Uasin Gishu while the other was arrested in the neighbouring Trans Nzoia County.

Okal said the police are interrogating the two and believe more people could have been involved in the gruesome murder.

The suspects are currently held at Ainaptich Police Station and are set to be arraigned on Tuesday as police seek to solve the athlete's murder puzzle.