Oscar `Blade Runner` Pistorius Ditangkap karena Menembak Mati Pacarnya

Oscar `Blade Runner` Pistorius Arrested after Shot Dead His Girlfriend

Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi


Oscar `Blade Runner` Pistorius Ditangkap karena Menembak Mati Pacarnya
Oscar Pistorius bersama kekasihnya, mendiang Reeva Steenkamp (kiri) dan kiprah Pistorius di Olimpiade London 2012 (Foto2: Mail Online)

BINTANG Paralimpiade Afrika Selatan, Oscar Pistorius  ditangkap, setelah dilaporkan menembak mati pacarnya di tengah malam setelah mengira kekasinya tersebut sebagai pencuri.

Tragedi terjadi Kamis dini hari pukul 4 (14/2) dan wanita malang tersebut diperkirakan tewas setelah menerima kejutan Hari Valentine yang berakhir tragis.

Wanita yang tewas diyakini Reeva Steenkamp, 30, mantan model FHM, yang berkencan dengan Pistorius sejak November tahun lalu.

Dia ditembak di kepala, dada dan lengan, kata polisi di negara dan Pistorius akan muncul di pengadilan Kamis pagi.

Baru kemarin, Steenkamp berbicara penuh semangat di Twitter tentang rencananya untuk Hari Valentine.
Dia berkata: "Apa yang Anda miliki Anda untuk orang yang Anda sayangi besok??? # # Getexcited ValentinesDay '

Menjawab follower-nya, ia kemudian menambahkan: "Itu kedengarannya menakjubkan! Wow itulah semua tentang cinta! Ini harus menjadi hari kasih sayang untuk semua orang :) semoga diberkati! "

Blade Runner
Pistorious, 26, secara luas dikenal sebagai 'Blade Runner', ia juga telah dijuluki 'manusia tercepat tanpa kaki di dunia.'

Atlet Johannesburg, yang lahir tanpa fibulas di kakinya dan harus diamputasi di bawah lutut saat ia berusia 11 bulan, harus menjalani perdebatan hukum yang panjang dengan Asosiasi Federasi Atletik Internasional (IAAF) pada 2008 untuk mendapatkan kesempatan bersaing di kompetisi dengan atlet berbadan sehat alias tidak cacat.

Dia menjadi atlet berkaki buntung ganda yang pertama di dunia untuk mengikuti Olimpiade dan mencapai semi-final nomor 400 meter di London 2012.

Jenazah wanita itu telah diangkat dan keberadaan sang atlet kini sedang dipertanyakan, seperti dilansir Mail Online.

Bintang atletik ini tinggal di sebuah peternakan besar di timur laut Johannesburg, di wilayah Pretoria, Afrika Selatan, yang dijaga ketat.

Dalam sebuah wawancara dengan Mail Online sebelum London 2012, ia mengaku tidur dengan pistol di samping tempat tidurnya dan sepucuk senapan di dekat jendela.

Steenkamp, seorang sarjana hukum dari Port Elizabeth dalam wawancara dengan Sunday Times di Afrika Selatan minggu lalu, ia menggambarkan pacarnya sebagai 'seorang pria sempurna yang selalu menyenangkan hatinya."

Di laman Facebook dan halaman Twitter, Steenkamp menggambarkan dirinya sebagai 'SA Model, Gadis Sampul FHM, Tropika Island of Treasure Celeb Contestant, Sarjana Hukum, Duta Besar.'

Afrika Selatan tercatat sebagai negara yang tindakan kriminalnya di peringkat tertinggi di dunia dan banyak pemilik rumah membawa senjata untuk membela diri terhadap penyusup.

Rata-rata hampir 50 orang dibunuh di sana setiap hari, sementara tindak kekerasan, perampokan, pemerkosaan, dan pembajakan mobil tetap tinggi.

Menurut penelitian PBB, Afrika Selatan masuk kategori tertinggi di dunia dalam kepemilikan senjata disusul Kolombia.

Tingkat kepemilikan, yang diukur dari per 100.000 orang, menempatkan Afrika Selatan empat kali lebih tinggi dari AS.

Menurut statistik, 12,7 di setiap 100 orang di Afrika Selatan memiliki pistol dan diperkirakan ada hampir enam juta senjata api sipil.

BBC melaporkan bahwa pada 2008/09 terdapat 662 pembunuhan di Inggris, sementara di Afrika Selatan mencapai 18.148.

Fakta lain tercatat ada 18.000 dugaan percobaan pembunuhan setiap tahun.

Hanya tiga hari yang lalu, Pistorius tweeted tentang kegembiraannya mengenai balapan pertamanya tahun 2013, disertai dengan foto dirinya dalam tindakan.

Dia mengatakan: '1 bulan sampai balapan pertama saya tahun 2013 .. Tidak sabar untuk melakukannya.'

Jurnalis Afrika Selatan Kalay Maistry kepada Sky News: "Diduga dia mengira pacarnya, yang akan datang untuk memberi surprise di Hari Valentine, adalah penyusup. Ini diduga dari tembakan yang mengenai lengan dan kepala."

SOUTH African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after reportedly shooting his girlfriend dead in the middle of the night after mistaking her for a burglar.

It happened at 4am this morning and the woman may have been killed after a Valentine's Day surprise went tragically wrong.

The dead woman is believed to be Reeva Steenkamp, 30, a former FHM model who has been dating Mr Pistorius since November.

She was shot in the head, the chest and the arm, police in the country have said, and Mr Pistorius will appear in court later this morning.

Just yesterday, Miss Steenkamp spoke excitedly on Twitter about her plans for Valentine's Day.
She said: 'What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow??? #getexcited #ValentinesDay'

Replying to a follower, she later added: 'That sounds amazing! Wow that's what it's all about! It should be a day of love for everyone :) may it be blessed!'

Mr Pistorious, 26, is widely known as the Blade Runner, he is has also been dubbed 'the fastest man on no legs'.

The Johannesburg-born athlete, who was born without fibulas in his legs and had the limbs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old, had to win a legal battle over his blades with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 2008 for the right to compete in able-bodied competition.

He was the first double amputee to run in the Olympics and reached the 400 semi-finals in London 2012.

The body of the woman has been removed from his house and the athlete is being questioned.

The track star lives on a large farm north-east of Johannesburg in the Pretoria region of South Africa, which is heavily guarded.

In an interview with the Mail before London 2012 it was revealed he slept with a pistol next to his bed and kept a machine gun by a window.

Miss Steenkamp, a law graduate from Port Elizabeth, gave an interview to the Sunday Times in South Africa last week where she described her boyfriend as 'an impeccable man who always her best interests at heart'.

On her Facebook and Twitter pages, she describes herself as an 'SA Model, FHM Cover Girl, Tropika Island of Treasure Celeb Contestant, Law Graduate, Ambassador'

South Africa has some of the world's highest rates of violent crime and some home-owners carry weapons to defend themselves against intruders.

An average of nearly 50 people are murdered there each day, while there are also high levels of assault, rape, robbery and carjackings.

According to United Nations research, South Africa has one of the highest firearm-related homicide rates in the world, second only to Colombia at the time.

The rate, which was measured per 100,000 people, put the country's score four times higher than the US.

According to statistics 12.7 in every 100 people in South Africa own a gun and it is estimated there are almost six million civilian firearms.

The BBC reported that in 2008/09 there were 662 murders in the UK, while in South Africa there were 18,148.

On top of this there are also an alleged 18,000 attempted murders each year.

Just three days ago, Pistorius tweeted about his excitement regarding his first race of 2013, accompanied by a photograph of him in action.

He said: '1 month till my first race of 2013.. Can't wait to burn it up!'

South African journalist Kalay Maistry told Sky News: 'It is alleged that he thought his girlfriend, who’d come in to try to surprise him for Valentine's Day, was an intruder. It’s alleged that he shot her in the arm and head.