After break-ins at the railway museums in Schwechat (district Bruck a.d
Leitha) and Strasshof an der Nordbahn (district Gänserndorf) causing 112,000 euros in damage
the suspected perpetrator has been apprehended
The 30-year-old Hungarian citizen confessed
according to the Lower Austria State Police Directorate on Tuesday
He was taken to the Korneuburg correctional facility on the orders of the public prosecutor's office
The man was noticed last Tuesday morning when he was driving a car at excessive speed on the B10 towards Schwechat
During a driver and vehicle check in Fischamend
it was found that the 30-year-old did not possess a valid driver's license
and it was also determined that investigations were being conducted against the Hungarian citizen for a wallet theft from an unlocked vehicle in Schwechat on the night of February 24
officers from the criminal service of the Schwechat-Wiener Straße police station linked the accused to the burglary thefts at the railway museums on the night of February 24 (Schwechat) and March 3 (Strasshof an der Nordbahn)
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Photo taken on March 14, 2021 shows trains displayed at "Das Heizhaus" railway museum in Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Austria. Based on a large railway marshalling yard, the museum shows classic trains of different periods and types in Europe for visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)
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details about the Elisabeth Fritzl case resurfaced
imprisoned and raped for 24 years by her own father till she escaped in 2004
The chilling story of sexual abuse and being impregnated by her father repeatedly reminded one of a similar case of another Austrian girl
she was living with her family in Vienna's Donaustadt district
She was abducted on her way to school and was held captive for eight years by Wolfgang Přiklopil
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Kampusch stayed in a small, soundproof and windowless, 50-sq-ft cellar underneath Přiklopil's garage in his home in the town of Strasshof an der Nordbahn for the first six months of her kidnapping, Oxygen reported
her kidnapper allowed her to go inside the house for a few hours during the day
when Přiklopil was at work and during the night
she would have to return to the cellar.
she was allowed to leave the house with her kidnapper
but she was reportedly warned not to try to flee as the windows were booby-trapped with explosives and that he claimed he possessed a gun
Kampusch was eventually also allowed on excursions into town with her captor
and at one point accompanied Přiklopil on a skiing trip
When she was vacuuming Přiklopil's car in August 2006
she finally got the opportunity to escape her captor
eventually finding a neighbor who called the police
beaten and starved during her years in captivity
Even though she said "it was a place to despair"
many members of the police and public have doubted her story
suggesting that she might have become fond of Přiklopil over the years.
and that she was at times allowed to eat breakfast with her captor
After learning of his death by suicide just after her escape
Kampusch even referred to Přiklopil as a “poor soul” and said she felt sorry for him
the investigators handling Kampusch's case have also had their share of criticism and scrutiny
as an independent probe into the case found that they had reportedly questioned her captor early on in the kidnapping investigation but didn't adequately follow up on him.
said that even after years of her case grabbing headlines across the world
she was still the victim of frequent cyberbullying
She added that the police hadn’t taken her complaints seriously
online abuse became a part of my everyday life
There were times where I didn't even go out anymore because the abuse was so bad," she told the outlet.
Kampusch is also now the owner of the house in which she was imprisoned
handed over to her after Přiklopil's death
She told the outlet that she faced difficulties when she wanted to sell it to a group of refugees
The town's mayor and residents opposed her endeavor
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