South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, on trial for killing his model girlfriend last year, has broken a long social networking
silence with a series of tweets on love and pain.
The first tweet on Sunday, his first since February, quoted Psalm 34:18: "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted."
Pistorius,
27, who has a religious backround, is standing trial for killing Reeva
Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 2013.
He
has told the court in Pretoria that he shot Steenkamp four times
through a locked bathroom door in his apartment after mistaking her for
an intruder. Prosecutors say he deliberately killed her after an
argument.
The tweets
triggered an avalanche of reactions, with some wishing the athlete well
while others question his sincerity and call him a "murderer".
The
double-amputee sprinter's second tweet was a photo collage of himself
with disabled children, including a young girl with artificial legs
similar to his running on a track.
The accompanying text reads:
"You have the ability to make a difference in someones life (sic).
Sometimes it's the simple things you say or do that can make someone
feel better or inspire them."
This
was followed on Monday by a photograph of what appeared to be a section
of text from Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl's memoir entitled "Man's
Search for Meaning".
"I
understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know
bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his
beloved," part of the text read.
Next,
he posted a tweet of a poster reading: "Lord, today I ask that you
bathe those who live in pain in the river of your healing. Amen."
Since
his trial began on March 3, Pistorius has maintained silence outside
the courtroom after his last tweet on February 14 which linked to a
brief statement expressing his pain on the first anniversary of
Steenkamp's death.
His trial is set to resume on August 7 for closing arguments.
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