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Agence France-Presse

Jailed Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was taken to hospital on Thursday for overnight observation, an official said, as local media reported he was suffering chest pains.
Pistorius, 30, is serving a six-year jail term for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, in his Pretoria house in 2013.
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The “Blade Runner”, as he was known, has always maintained that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four high-calibre bullets through a locked toilet cubicle.
“This morning he went for a medical examination and he was scheduled to return back (to jail), but he will now be kept overnight for observation,” Logan Maistry, spokesman for the department of correctional services, said.

Maistry added that the department would not release details on Pistorius’s medical condition.
The News24 website said Pistorius was taken from Atteridgeville prison in Pretoria to hospital in an ambulance after complaining of chest pains.
The year before he killed Steenkamp, Pistorius became the first double-amputee to race at Olympic level when he appeared at the London 2012 games.
While on parole he gave a television interview saying that an “instant fear” drove him to open fire.


‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius taken to hospital for chest pains

In this 2011 file photo, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes in a qualification round for the Men's 4x400 metre relay at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Double-amputee Pistorius was taken to hospital complaining of chest pains. He is serving a jail term for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, Photo: AP

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 06, 2016 shows South African Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius (C) speaking with relatives as he leaves the High Court in Pretoria after being sentenced to six years in jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years ago. Jailed Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was taken to hospital on August 3, 2017 for overnight observation, an official said, as local media reported he was suffering chest pains. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / MARCO LONGARI

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