The Oscar Pistorius case took a controversial twist Thursday, as prosecutors said they didn't know the lead investigator in the murder case, Detective Warrant Officer Hilton Botha, faces seven counts of attempted murder charges in connection with the October 2011 shooting of a minibus in South Africa.

Botha, a 24-year police veteran with 16 as a detective, is slated to appear in court this May along with two other police officers in the incident, Police Brig. Neville Malila told the AP. The charges in the minibus shooting were initially dropped in the wake of the incident, Malila said, but officials on Wednesday learned that the Director of Public Prosecutions had reinstated the charges.

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