South African News Agency News24 has reported that South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been arrested over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria.
Initially it was told that Pistorius accidentally shot dead his girlfriend after mistaking her for a robber. Anyway South African Police denied this.
Brigadier Denise Beukes of the South African Police has told reporters the force is “very surprised” by the suggestion that Pistorius mistook Steenkamp for a burglar, clarifying that the reports did not come from the police. She also revealed that police have been called to Pistorius’s address before to deal with “allegations of a domestic nature”.
Police are set to oppose bail for Oscar Pistorius when he appears in a Pretoria court.
Pistorius, 26, is known as the “blade runner”, and was the first double amputee to run in the Olympics.
Pistorius races wearing carbon fibre prosthetic blades after he was born without a fibula in both legs and had both legs amputated below the knee before his first birthday.
He reached the 400m semi-finals in the London 2012 Olympics. At the Paralympics he won silver in the T44 200m, gold in the 4×100 relay and gold in the T44 400m, setting a Paralympic record
In 2008 he won a legal battle over his blades with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for the right to compete in able-bodied competitions.
Recently NewYork Times had published a detailed story about the lifestyle of Oscar Pistorius with the article title “The Fast Life of Oscar Pistorius”
Oscar Pistorius’ girl friend has been named in various media reports as model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp.
Her twitter profile is reading as “SA Model, Cover Girl, Tropika Island of Treasure Celeb Contestant, Law Graduate, Child of God. CT/JHB ”
Lot of people are talking about the recent tweet of Reeva Steenkamp. Yesterday she was tweeting about going to Heaven today.
When searching for “Oscar Pistorius” in Sourth Africa Google News Site below Quotes is getting displayed.
“I am really excited to see how the campaign is received. I had a lot of fun shooting it, as it was totally different from the norm. I’m sure the public will enjoy it as much as I did”