Oscar Pistorius treated in hospital with wrist injuries

Source: The Guardian - UK

Oscar Pistorius has been treated in hospital for injuries sustained to his wrists during a fall in his prison cell, officials have said. Both the former athlete, who murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, and his family denied local media reports that the injuries were self-inflicted.

According to a spokesman for South Africa’s correctional services department, Pistorius said he suffered the minor injuries when he fell out of bed, while Pistorius’ brother, Carl, said he slipped in his cell.

The South African newspaper City Press cited unnamed sources at the prison as saying that Pistorius had injured himself intentionally and that razor blades had been found in his cell. It also quoted an anonymous security guard at the hospital Pistorius was taken to as saying he was being treated for “bad cuts”.

Carl Pistorius denied these reports, however, saying he had “just seen Oscar and he is doing well given the circumstances”. He said his brother was in good spirits

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