Amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius poses next to his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in Johannesburg on January 26, 2013. By Waldo Swiegers (AFP)
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Oscar Pistorius’s girlfriend was shot four times, in the head and the hand, by bullets fired from a gun owned by the South African sprint star, police said Thursday.
“She was hit by four shots,” said police spokeswoman Denise Beukes, adding that wounds have been found in the head and the hand. “It’s a 9mm pistol. It is a licensed firearm. It is licensed to Mr Pistorius.”