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Austrian accused of raping daughters for over 40 years

Updated on: 26 August,2011 07:48 AM IST  | 
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Cops probe 80-yr-old for allegedly locking up, abusing his two mentally-disabled daughters since 1970

Austrian accused of raping daughters for over 40 years

Cops probe 80-yr-oldu00a0 for allegedly locking up, abusing his two mentally-disabled daughters since 1970




Police said that the 80-year-old repeatedly raped the women between 1970 and May 2011. The alleged victims are now 53 and 45 years old.

A police official did not name either the suspect or the alleged victims. He did not identify himself on the telephone.

Police confirmed they are investigating the case after a report in the Oberoesterreichische Nachrichten newspaper.

The daily said the women escaped when the father was unable to get up after the older daughter pushed him over when he last tried to rape her.

The police official said that the 80-year-old suspect is free, pending an investigation and possible charges because there is no danger of him fleeing.

A state broadcaster said that the allegations were only recently revealed because the two alleged victims did not tell anyone about them for weeks after their escape. It said the suspect is now in a home for the elderly.

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The accusations evoke the case of another Austrian, Josef Fritzl, who, it emerged in 2008,u00a0 imprisoned his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and repeatedly raped her, fathering her seven children. Fritzl was sentenced to life imprisonment two years ago for this and for responsibility in the death of one of the children.

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