Arab Israeli suspected of locking up daughter for 9 years.
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Palestinian Authority police handed over an Israeli Arab citizen to Israel Police custody on Sunday after arresting on his suspicion of locking up his daughter in a bathroom for nine years.PA police arrived at the man's West Bank home in Kalkiliya on Saturday, according Palestinian media, after receiving a tip off.
RELATED:How much child abuse justifies ‘hysterical’?'Not enough invested in child abuse prevention'The officers reportedly heard the man's daughter, aged 20, crying, and ordered the suspect to open the door to the bathroom. The discovered the young woman next to a mattress and a blanket.The father later reportedly confessed to the fact that his daughter had "not seen the sun" in nine years, since she was 11-years-old.Judea and Samaria Police are set to question the man.
