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Austrian incest family moved from clinic

Croatian Times

Elisabeth Fritzl and her family have been moved to a secret location where they can continue their recovery in private.

The family were moved three weeks ago and the security team patrolling the grounds and perimeter at the Amstetten Mauer clinic which was costing the local council several thousand pounds a day has been cancelled.

One insider told the Austrian Times: "When they came here it was hard even for senior staff to get in - security was so tight. You had to show an identity card and wait to be sear5ched. Now it's all back to normal now that they have gone."

Dr Bernhard Kepplinger who is in charge of the part of the clinic caring for Elisabeth and her family said: "There were five security guards here a day. They were paid for by the local government. There were also police patrols here."

Asked if Elisabeth was still on the hospital site with her family he said: "I am not allowed to disclose personal details."

The family lawyer, Dr Christoph Herbst, also refused to discuss the family's whereabouts. He said: "I am not allowed to say where they are - I can neither confirm nor deny whether they are at Amstetten Mauer."

The hospital insider, speaking to Austrian media on condition of anonymity, said: "They are not here anymore. They and the security guards have moved on. It was felt that a mental institution was not a suitable place for healthy children to be. There are a lot of patients here that the youngsters might find disturbing."

Over a month ago Amstetten Mauer officials were known to have been looking for alternative accommodation at another medical facility in the area, but had trouble getting one to accept them because of the same objections.

The insider said: "They would have had to install the same security measures as we had here - it was not an easy solution. However, I think we have now solved it."

Staff from Amstetten Mauer are continuing to care for the family, and one of the clinic's doctors has been with Elisabeth during the interviews she is giving about her ordeal to investigative judge Christoph Bauer.

The female doctor has been helping Elisabeth to cope with the stress of recounting her ordeal in the interviews which are expected to continue all this week.




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