Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has shot and killed his girlfriend, South African media are reporting.
Afrikaans-language newspaper Beeld is reporting he mistook the woman, his girlfriend of a year, for a burglar to his Pretoria home.
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.
Beeld said Pistorius had been arrested, and was expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
A 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 metres semi-finals in London
Police added that there had been previous incidents at the address and described them as "allegations of a domestic nature".
the story at the link above Incident happened at his Pretoria mansion, north of Johannesburg at 4am
Dead woman is former FHM model Reeva Steenkamp
She was shot several times in the head, chest and the arm
Pistorius believed to have told police he thought she was an intruder
Media reporting it could have been a Valentine's Day surprise gone wrong
Celebrated sprinter is in police custody before a court hearing tomorrow
Officers have visited his house before over alleged 'domestic incidents'
I remember him being awesome at the able bodied olympics, but he was involved in a bit of controversy at the paralympics over the length of competitors blades. He seemed to show an awful lot of petulance over the whole affair and was portrayed in a bad light via media running up to the final, which he lost after being a red hot favourite to win.Can't quite believe this. I was so moved by him at the Olympics last summer and thought originally it must have been an awful tragic mistake. But now the facts are coming through it looks like something alot more sinister. How awful - poor girl, may she rest in peace.
As a side note, I'm surprised that the police have been so quick to say that there have been reports of domestic incidents at the property previously.
This just doesnt ring true to me, but for sure this is a tragedy all the way around.