His brother's wife started screaming at the intruder, he says, and the gunman spared her and her six children.

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The sprinter, however, says he thought an intruder was hiding in a toilet room inside the bathroom of his Pretoria home.

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The researchers says their attack would allow an intruder to take control of a sensor network with just a laptop, an antenna, and their exploit written in Java.

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Pistorius, known as the "Blade Runner" for competing on carbon fiber blades fitted to the stumps of his amputated legs, says he thought Steenkamp was an intruder.

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The Olympic and Paralympic sprinter, known as the "Blade Runner" for competing on carbon fiber blades fitted to the stumps of his amputated legs, says he thought Steenkamp was an intruder.

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