The daughter of Austrian dungeon father Josef Fritzl whose admission to hospital exposed the scandal has woken from her coma, doctors said today.

Austria is still trying to come to terms with another horrific crime that came to light two weeks ago when it was revealed that a 73-year-old man had held his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years, repeatedly raping her and forcing her to bear seven children from that abuse.

The family of Austrian dungeon pervert Josef Fritzl have spoken out for the first time, thanking the public for its support.

Josef Fritzl has insisted he did his best to care for the daughter he repeatedly raped and their seven children.

JOSEF Fritzl was born on April 9, 1935, in Amstetten, a working-class town 75 miles west of Vienna.

An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children repeatedly warned his captives that they would be gassed if they tried to overpower him, investigators said today.

The Austrian dungeon ordeal children and their mother are inching towards normal life in a spacious hospital wing, doctors said today.

Police in Austria are examining links between the murder of a young woman and the man who has confessed to holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children.

The Austrian pensioner who had seven children by his captive daughter appeared before a judge today looking calm and untroubled.

An Austrian man has confessed to holding his daughter captive in a “house of horrors” for 24 years and fathering at least six of her children, police said today.

A woman was held captive in a cellar for almost 24 years by her father, who repeatedly raped her and fathered at least six children, police said.