Pistorius release touches a nerve in country scarred by violence against women

FILE PHOTO: South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius arrives at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria October 21, 2014. Pistorius arrived at the court on Tuesday for sentencing over the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, last year. He was convicted last month of "culpable homicide" - South Africa's equivalent of manslaughter - and faces anything from house arrest and community service to a prison sentence. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius' release on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, provoked a raw response in a country scarred by violence against women.

Pistorius, who has said repeatedly that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder, spent about eight and a half years in jail as well as seven months under house arrest, but for many that is not enough.