Kidnapped Austrian Teenager Thought ‘Only of Escape’
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BERLIN — Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian teenager who was held in captivity beneath a garage for eight years, said yesterday she had thought “only of escape” during her imprisonment and dreamed of cutting off her kidnapper’s head with an ax.
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