Saturday Star

OBSERVING GENOCIDE HISTORY

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Detectives have seen the photo taken seconds before Le Roux fell, but they have not been shown photograph­s taken of her before that.

“Everyone who has seen them says she looks sad,” said the source.

The detectives were also unaware that there were family members who still have unanswered questions about circumstan­ces around her death.

Detectives have not yet establishe­d the exact spot where Le Roux slipped and fell to her death and there has been no reconstruc­tion of the accident scene.

It has emerged that shortly before her death, Le Roux had her grandmothe­r’s name tattooed on her wrist and explained that it was so that her grandmothe­r could recognise her in heaven.

She also had the co-ordinates of Arch Rock near Keurbooms River tattooed on her torso because that was where she got engaged and where she wanted her ashes spread.

“There is so much that makes no sense,” said a family source. “There are all these loose ends. All we want is the truth.”

Andrew refused to talk about the accident. “I’m not saying anything out of respect to my wife. I don’t think she would want to be spoken about in the way that it has been explained what happened. It’s very hard reading informatio­n that’s not true.

“Revisiting this makes the long, hard journey to recovery only much harder, and offers no benefit to anyone.”

Witnesses can contact Captain Deon Bock at 082 469 2576. SAHETI School in Bedfordvie­w commemorat­ed the 100th anniversar­y of the Pontian-greek genocide that took place between 1914 and 1923 in the region of Pontus (modern-day northeaste­rn Turkey).

About 353 000 Pontian-greeks died as a result of ethnic cleansing, including massacres and deportatio­ns of the 3 million Christian Orthodox, not only in this area, but the whole of Asia Minor.

The aim of the presentati­on was to create awareness of such crimes against humanity and highlight our obligation to ensure that history never repeats itself. The programme featured cultural presentati­ons by SAHETI School pupils on this theme. The Pontian Federation of Greece sent a message applauding the initiative.

 ??  ?? SAHETI pupils during the Pontian-greek anniversar­y.
SAHETI pupils during the Pontian-greek anniversar­y.

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