BlackPhx
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This is not a pretty case, all story links below with lead in to articles. The events in the eastern Austrian town of Amstetten are front-page news across Europe. As well as disgust at the revelations surrounding the actions of Josef Fritzl, there is disbelief that he escaped the notice of the authorities - and the suggestion that he may have had outside help. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7373462.stm For 24 years Elisabeth Fritzl and three of her children lived an isolated life in three tiny underground chambers, deprived of natural light and room to move around freely. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7373172.stm The Austrian children locked in a cellar with their mother since birth have been through an experience that is hard to imagine. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7370889.stm The quiet suburban street where Josef Fritzl lived with his family has been bathed in light for the past couple of days. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7372407.stm The news that a man may have imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered her seven children has been described as one of the worst cases in Austria's criminal history. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7371959.stm An Austrian man who admitted holding his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children has appeared before a regional court. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7372477.stm Austrian media express shock and dismay at the horrific details of alleged child abuse and imprisonment in a quiet provincial town. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7370897.stm In pictures: Austria abuse scandal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7372034.stm DNA evidence supports an Austrian man's confession that he fathered six children by his daughter while keeping her prisoner for 24 years, police say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7373689.stm poenkitten
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