Correctional Services has confirmed that blade runner Oscar Pistorius was taken to Kalafong hospital to be treated for injuries on his wrist.
Spokesman Manelisi Wolela could not give details of how Pistorius got injured‚ but there is speculation that it could have been a suicide attempt.
It was further alleged that guards found blades in his cell.
“The Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre attended to his minor injuries on his wrists but further sent him to Kalafong hospital for treatment and he was returned to the centre.
“Oscar Pistorius denied speculations of a suicide attempt. As a policy we cannot further discuss a particular offender’s personal condition in the public domain‚” said Wolela.