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As his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, cowered behind a locked door in a tiny bathroom, Oscar Pistorius strapped on his prosthetic legs, grabbed his pistol, strode seven yards to the door and fired through it four times, killing her, prosecutors alleged Tuesday as they laid out their case against the double-amputee Olympic runner in Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.

South African officials reiterated calls for calm over the hospitalization of Nelson Mandela, urging citizens not to panic as the former president "suffers from ailment common to people of his age."