Argentina's 'Josef Fritzl' fathered 5 kids with captive daughter

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Last Updated : Apr 17 2014 | 12:11 PM IST

An Argentinean man has been arrested for repeatedly raping his daughter since childhood and fathering five children with her.

The Josef Fritzl-style father has been accused of repeatedly raping his daughter who he kept captive in his home and threatening their children, aged two to 13, to silence them, the Mirror reported.

According to Argentine police, the 53-year-old man was arrested when the husband of another daughter contacted the police and informed the, that the girl had no boyfriend and it was the father who had abused her and got her pregnant.

Sources revealed that the man, who was previously arrested for abusing one of his other daughters who then left home, has been given a suspended sentence and he was not jailed.

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First Published: Apr 17 2014 | 11:54 AM IST

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