German girl locked up for years by Bosnian couple

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A German girl has been rescued by Bosnian police after allegedly being held captive by a couple for eight years during which she was forced to eat pig feed and pull a horse-cart.

A neighbour who raised the alarm told AFP he witnessed the couple treating the girl, now 19, like an animal.

Milenko and Slavojka Marinkovic were arrested at their home in a village in the northwestern Tuzla region after police received the tip-off from neighbour Sead Makalic earlier this month.

"They kept her locked up, neither allowing her contact with other people, nor to go to school," police spokesman Admir Arnautovic told FTV public television. "They subjected her to inhumane treatment and torture."

The couple were arrested on May 17 but police on Sunday said they could not reveal further details of the case, while prosecutors were not available for comment.

The girl, who has not been named by police, had been placed in a safe house and was receiving medical treatment, investigators quoted by FTV said.

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Thers a book about stuff like this called the "Story of o"

Woman is kidnapped, forced to wear a wooden box on her head, tortured, kept under a bed for years and then comes to rely on her captors etc. Its an interesting read right up till the point you realise it's a true story.

[Cute James]

This is a truly harrowing story. It's unbelievable to think that two people could treat a fellow human being in this way.

[Elliot B.]

It's unbelievable to think that two people could treat a fellow human being in this way.

Not really. Welcome to humanity.

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^ It gets better.