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An Austrian man allegedly held his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years and fathered four children with her, reports say. | An Austrian man allegedly held his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years and fathered four children with her, reports say. |
The existence of the woman, believed missing since 1984 and now 42, emerged after one of the children was found in the house in a "serious condition". | The existence of the woman, believed missing since 1984 and now 42, emerged after one of the children was found in the house in a "serious condition". |
A search was begun by the authorities for her mother after she was found, Austrian broadcaster ORF reports. | A search was begun by the authorities for her mother after she was found, Austrian broadcaster ORF reports. |
The 19-year-old is now in hospital in the Lower Austrian town of Amstetten. | The 19-year-old is now in hospital in the Lower Austrian town of Amstetten. |
An investigation has been launched, a police source told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. | An investigation has been launched, a police source told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. |
ORF identified the father as a 73-year-old man and said the teenager had been found unconscious in his house. | ORF identified the father as a 73-year-old man and said the teenager had been found unconscious in his house. |
The discovery of another Austrian woman, who was held captive in a cellar by an abductor for more than eight years, gripped the country in 2006. | |
Natascha Kampusch finally escaped from her kidnapper, 44-year-old Wolfgang Priklopil, who killed himself shortly afterwards. | |
Ms Kampusch was abducted at the age of 10 in 1998 and held in a small, windowless cellar beneath Priklopil's garage in the commuter town of Strasshof, 25km (15 miles) outside Vienna. |