Woman Found Naked With Broken Bones, Head Shaved Freed After 12 Years

Paris:

French police on Monday said they had arrested a German national after his wife was discovered after 12 years of captivity in the couple’s home.

A police source said the woman, also German, was naked with her head shaved when they found her in a bedroom in the apartment, and had multiple injuries, including broken bones.

She had probably been tortured, the source said.

Police said the bedroom was closed off with metal wire at the residence in Forbach, eastern France, which is close to the German border.

The woman, 53, had managed to call police in Germany, who in turn alerted their French colleagues, a police source said.

The man, 55, is accused of kidnapping, aggravated rape, and acts of torture and barbarism, French broadcaster BFMTV said.

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