Austria: Father 'abused captive daughters'
Austrian police say they are investigating allegations a man locked up his two mentally disabled daughters and sexually abused them for 41 years.
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.
The suspect and the alleged victims were not named.
The Oberoesterreichischen Nachrichten newspaper reported that the women escaped when the father was unable to get up after the older daughter pushed him over when he tried to rape her.
The allegations evoke the case of Austrian Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and repeatedly raped her.
Police said the 80-year-old suspect is free, pending an investigation and possible charges because there is no danger of him fleeing.
State broadcaster ORF said 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.
