Young Austrian woman 'held prisoner for eight years'

Austrian police today said they were "quite sure" a young woman found this week was Natascha Kampusch who vanished on her way to school on March 2, 1998, when she was 10.

Young Austrian woman 'held prisoner for eight years'

Austrian police today said they were "quite sure" a young woman found this week was Natascha Kampusch who vanished on her way to school on March 2, 1998, when she was 10.

The woman claims she has been a captive, confined much of the time in a small cellar in Strasshof, Austria.

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