Austrian police announced Thursday they had arrested an 80-year-old man suspected of sexually abusing his two daughters over more than 40 years, keeping them virtually locked up in his house. The man was arrested at the prosecutor's request on suspicion of assault, duress, rape, and abuse and neglect of minors or defenceless persons among other offences, Alois Lissl, police chief for Upper Austria told the Austria Press Agency (APA).
The suspect, who was detained as a flight risk, has been sent to a jail in Ried im Innkreis. Upper Austria police announced earlier Thursday that the unnamed 80-year-old was suspected of abusing his two daughters, now aged 53 and 45, physically and sexually from 1970 until May 2011. He also prevented them from having any social contact outside the home and regularly threatened them with weapons and even death, the police said in a statement. The case reached the authorities in early May after a social worker notified the police. The man had tried to rape his oldest daughter, who pushed him away and he fell. Unable to stand up or call for help, he was eventually found by the social worker, whom the daughters had called two days later, police said.
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