AUSTRIA Austrian police are investigating a possible link between the man who held his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years and the unsolved murder of a teenager in 1986.Regional police chief Alois Lissl said investigators were re-examining at the unsolved murder of a 17-year-old woman near the Mondsee lake near Salzburg, in Upper Austria, in 1986.Josef Fritzl, 73, and his family were living in a guesthouse they owned in the area at the time of the murder, Mr Lissl said.
The woman disappeared after being seen climbing into a car at a bus stop.
Austrian authorities are to give new identities to the woman held prisoner by her father for 24 years and the children she bore in a cramped cellar.
Police are still questioning Josef Fritzl, 73, who has admitted he fathered seven children by his daughter in a windowless bunker under the family home, while the victims remained carefully shielded in a secret location.
Psychiatrists and doctors are counselling the mother and children on how to come to terms with their ordeal. Experts said they were likely to need years of therapy.
'It could take between five and eight years,' said Max Friedrich, the psychiatrist who looked after another sequestration victim, Natascha Kampusch, in an Austrian press interview.
The head of the local social services, Hans-Heinz Lenze, said a name change had been suggested not just for the immediate victims, but Mr Fritzl's other family as well, in order to give them a new start in life.
'At the moment, all possibilities are being sounded out in closest consultation with the family. But a decision will only be reached in the coming weeks,' Mr Lenze said.
Mr Fritzl has seven children with his 69-year-old wife Rosemarie. His daughter Elisabeth bore him seven more during the 24 years she was incarcerated in a purpose-built 60sqm dungeon where he regularly sexually abused her, according to police.
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IRELAND An Irish actress and film have won awards at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Eileen Walsh won the Best Actress award for her role in the Irish film 'Eden'. Walsh only discovered she had won the award when telephoned by Ryan Tubridy on 'The Tubridy Show' this morning. 'Eden', based on Eugene O'Brien's play of the same name and directed by Declan Recks, received its premiere at this year's Dublin International Film Festival.
It was broadcast on RTÉ One television on St Patrick's Night, where it drew over 420,000 viewers.
'Eden' was co-financed by RTÉ, the Irish Film Board and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.
It will be screened at the Light House cinema in Dublin later this month.
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GERMANY The German city of Hamburg has seen its worst street unrest in years as clashes between police and protestors brought a violent end to May Day celebrations. The leftist activists were demonstrating against an earlier rally by a far-right group. There was some trouble in other cities but the vast majority of events marking the international workers' holiday passed off peacefully.
The day is marked by unions and other groups in most European countries. In the French capital, Paris, marchers voiced their anger over the government's plans for reforming pensions and education. Across... View More » Comenta la noticia. »
UK Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in London’s Pentonville Prison awaiting charges of grievous bodily harm (GBH) and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, believes he is entitled to £250,000 for every month he has been married to the troubled singer.After Amy allegedly told him she wanted to divorce him and start a new life with new lover Alex Haines, Blake is said to have told friends: “She wouldn’t even be alive if it wasn’t for me.”
A source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “At first Blake refused to believe Amy had dumped him, but his initial devastation has been replaced ... View More » Comenta la noticia. »
AUSTRIA An Austrian man is suspected of keeping his daughter hostage for 24 years and siring seven children with her.Police said on Sunday that the man, named as Joseph F, allegedly kept his daughter in the basement of his home in eastern Austria.Police broke into the basement on Sunday after Joseph F told them of a hidden door and the code that could open it.Franz Polzer, head of the criminal investigations in Lower Austria, said: "There is not only one, but a number of rooms: one room to sleep in, one to cook, and there are also sanitation facilities."
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The UK is being hit by a wave of industrial unrest by public sector workers over pay. The biggest group of strikers are teachers from the NUT union, staging their first national stoppage in England and Wales for 21 years. Up to 200,000 teachers have walked out for the day, forcing thousands of schools to close. The NUT's Christine Blower said: "We really feel that, not having made any inroads by the other means, that reluctantly strike action is really what we have to do now." This year, the proposed rise is 2.45 per cent, with 2.3 per cent due in coming years. John Ransford from the employers said there is no real justification for the strike. "Teachers have not had brilliant settlements but in terms of the average, they are above average. Teaching is now a well-paid,... View More » Comenta la noticia. »
AUSTRALIA A faulty dishwasher has sparked a fire that caused more than $100,000 worth of damage to a double-storey unit in Melbourne's bayside suburbs. A woman phoned fire crews and fled as the fire took hold in her unit in The Broadway, Elwood, about 6.20pm (AEST) yesterday, a Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman said. Within minutes, fire had engulfed the upper level of the unit, with flames billowing from the windows. Firefighters using breathing apparatus went inside and controlled the fire in about 30 minutes. Damage to the kitchen and lounge from the fire, and associated smoke , heat... View More » Comenta la noticia. »
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