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Pistorius heads to police station for community service

Oscar Pistorius reports for community service at the Garsfontein police station in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday Nov. 14, 2015. Pistorius is under house arrest after serving a year of his five year prison sentence for the shooting death of his girlfrie

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Oscar Pistorius reports for community service at the Garsfontein police station in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday Nov. 14, 2015. Pistorius is under house arrest after serving a year of his five year prison sentence for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

SOMERSET WEST, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius has walked into a South African police station to report for community service, the first public sighting of the double-amputee athlete since he was released from jail in secret last month and moved to house arrest.

Pistorius was wearing a black baseball cap and sunglasses when he arrived Saturday morning at the Garsfontein police station in the South African capital, Pretoria.

In a video clip published by South African media, a woman says "Hi Oscar, how are you?" as Pistorius walks past a small group of journalists outside the station. Pistorius does not reply.

Pistorius is serving a five-year sentence for shooting to death girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

He was released from jail Oct. 19 to serve the remaining four years of the sentence under house arrest.

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