Thursday, February 14, 2013
South Africa's Pistorius shoots girlfriend dead - media
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is being questioned by South African police for shooting dead his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria, domestic media said on Thursday.
Johannesburg's Talk Radio 702 said Pistorius was understood to have shot his girlfriend in the head and arm, although the circumstances surrounding the incident were unclear. He may have mistaken her for a burglar, the radio report said.
Paralympic and Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius of South Africa speaks during a news conference after the official opening ceremony of the Doha GOALS forum in Doha December 11, 2012. Â REUTERS/Fadi Al-AssaadA police spokeswoman told Reuters that a woman had been found dead at the house but declined to give any more details.
Pistorius, who races wearing carbon fibre prosthetic blades after he was born without a fibula in both legs, was the first double amputee to run in the Olympics and reached the 400 semi-finals in London 2012.
South Africa has some of the world's highest rates of violent crime and some home-owners carry weapons to defend themselves against intruders.
(Reporting by Tiisetso Motsoeneng and Ed Cropley; Editing by Ed Stoddard)
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