Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp
His House Where The Murder Was Commited.
Paralympic and Olympic star Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home. Her body was discovered at the athlete's home in the Silver Woods country estate in eastern Pretoria, South African police said. Pistorius reached the 400m semi-finals at the London 2012 Olympics. Initial reports in the South African media suggested Pistorius' girlfriend was apparently shot as she woke him, trying to surprise him on Valentine's Day.
But police said the shooting was being treated as a murder investigation and that they were "very surprised" by the reports which they said did not come from them. The pair were the only ones present in the house at the time of the shooting, and that there had been previous incidents at the premises including "allegations of a domestic nature". He was arrested on Thursday morning following the shooting and taken to hospital for a medical examination, reportedly including blood tests. The 26-year-old is alleged to have shot his 30-year-old model girlfriend from Port Elizabeth in the head and upper body. Paramedics were called to his home between 4am and 5am local time. Police arrived shortly afterwards and a 9mm pistol was recovered from the scene. She was shot four times and died at the scene they had been dating since November last year. Reporting from South Africa, Sky's Emma Hurd, said: "It does appear that this was a tragedy - a Valentine's Day surprise which went horrifically wrong."
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