路透社报道，肯尼亚警方称，2008年北京奥运会男子马拉松冠军萨缪尔-卡马乌-万吉鲁15日晚些时候从家中阳台跳下身亡，时年24岁。警方正调查万吉鲁是否是自杀。

地区警务负责人称，万吉鲁看起来在坠落后受了内伤，他随后被送往附近的一家医院，医生证实他已死亡。警方正在调查他的死是否是因为三角恋情所致。报道称，万吉鲁的妻子回家后发现他与另一名女子同床，万吉鲁随后就从阳台上跳了下去。

万吉鲁去年12月曾被控威胁杀害其妻子并非法持有一支AK-47步枪。他的妻子随后撤回了谋杀未遂的指控，称他们已和解。万吉鲁今年一月还在一起车祸中受了轻伤。

万吉鲁2008年在北京奥运会上获得男子马拉松赛冠军，成绩为2小时06分32秒。他也是肯尼亚首位奥运马拉松赛冠军。


英文原文报道

NYAHURURU, Kenya, May 16 (Reuters) - Kenyan Olympic m arathon champion Samuel Wanjiru was killed when he jumped off the balcony of his home late on Sunday, police said on Monday.

Police said they were trying to ascertain whether the 24-year-old -- the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon at Beijing in 2008 -- had deliberately killed himself by jumping off the balcony at his home in Nyahururu, a town in the Rift Valley, some 150 km (94 miles) northwest of the capital Nairobi.

Jaspher Ombati, the regional police chief for the area, said Wanjiru appeared to have suffered internal injuries after the fall and was confirmed dead by doctors at a nearby hospital.

"I can confirm that Wanjiru is dead. It is not yet clear whether it was a suicide or if he jumped out of rage, or what caused him to fall to the ground," Ombati told Reuters.

"He jumped from his first floor balcony to the ground. He was bleeding from the nose and the mouth, and may have suffered internal injuries," the police chief said.

Ombati said police were investigating a possible love triangle that could have been behind the death of Wanjiru, a former winner of the Chicago and London marathons.

Ombati said the athlete's wife Triza Njeri had come home to find Wanjiru in bed with another woman, had locked the couple in the bedroom and ran outside.

Wanjiru then leapt from the balcony, he said.

Ombati said Njeri and Wanjiru's female companion are assisting police in investigating the death.

Last December, Wanjiru was charged in court with threatening to kill Njeri and illegal possession of an AK-47 assault rifle.

Njeri later withdrew her accusation of attempted murder against him in court, saying the couple had reconciled.

He also suffered minor injuries from a car crash in January when he swerved to avoid an oncoming truck, hit a pot hole and rolled his car.