OSCAR PISTORIUS DENIES SUICIDE ATTEMPT AFTER HE WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL "WITH CUTS TO WRISTS"

OSCAR PISTORIUS  DENIES SUICIDE ATTEMPT AFTER HE WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL "WITH CUTS TO WRISTS"

Oscar Pistorius has received emergency treatment for injuries to his wrists prompting speculation that he attempted suicide in jail, it emerged today.

The Paralympian denied the injuries were a suicide attempt and claimed he had 'fallen out of his bed' in his cell at Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.

Pistorius, serving a six-year jail term for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, was taken to a private
hospital and later returned to prison, prison officials have revealed.

It comes amid reports two razor blades had been found in the double amputee's cell after the incident.

'Oscar Pistorius denied speculations of a suicide attempt. As a policy principle we cannot further discuss a particular offender's personal condition in the public domain,' said Manelisi Wolela, a spokesman at the Department of Correctional Services. 

Another spokesman,  Singabakho Nxumalo, had said earlier that Pistorius told officials he suffered injuries after falling out of bed.

This afternoon, Carl Pistorius, the runner's brother, said he had been to see the 29-year-old and that he was 'doing well given the circumstances. He was in good spirit.'

He dismissed as 'completely untrue and sensational' reports that he tried to injure himself.

He added:

'He slipped in his cell and injured himself, nothing serious. It was great to see him.'

South Africa’s City Press newspaper today reported that two razor blades had been found in the double amputee's cell during a search following the incident.

The paper quoted a guard at the prison as saying 'he had bad cuts on his wrists and the doctors kept wrapping bandages around them.'

A spokesman at the hospital confirmed 'contraband' had been found in the athletes cell.