Barry Steenkamp said he was struggling 'to find some reason why this happened to our lovely daughter' Blade Runner’s best friend has told how he received a phone call moments after Reeva Steenkamp had been shot dead and a distraught Oscar Pistorius later crying ‘My baba, I’ve killed my baba. God take me away.’ Before the Paralympic medallist called the emergency services he phoned Justin Divaris, 27, at 3.55am to tell him what had happened. ‘I said to him, “What are you talking about?” He then repeated himself – “There has been a terrible accident, I shot Reeva”,’ he told the Sunday People.
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Athlete's best friend claims Pistorius called him moments after shooting
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Reeva Steenkamp, 29, had been dating Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorious, a double-amputee known as the Blade Runner, since November
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She was shot dead on Valentine’s Day at his gated mansion in Pretoria
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'There is no hatred in our hearts' says model's devastated father
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Paralympian's father says athlete 'acted on instinct'
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Speculation surrounding model's relationship with South African rugby star
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Pistorius tried to save Reeva with kiss of life after shooting
The father of the South African model allegedly murdered by @placeholder spoke movingly yesterday of his family’s grief – and said he bore the athlete no animosity.