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| Kidnapped girl 'dreamt of escape' | Kidnapped girl 'dreamt of escape' |
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| An Austrian teenager who was held captive in a basement for eight years after being kidnapped has described how she dreamt constantly of escape. | An Austrian teenager who was held captive in a basement for eight years after being kidnapped has described how she dreamt constantly of escape. |
| In one of her first press interviews since her escape last month, Natascha Kampusch said she had felt like a battery hen in her small cell. | |
| The weekly News magazine also carried the first recent photos of the young woman, who is now aged 18. | |
| Her first TV interview is due to be broadcast in Austria in the evening. | Her first TV interview is due to be broadcast in Austria in the evening. |
| State broadcaster ORF will show it at 2015 local time (1815 GMT). | |
| Millions of Austrians are expected to watch the interview, which will also be aired on radio and the internet. | Millions of Austrians are expected to watch the interview, which will also be aired on radio and the internet. |
| All I thought about was escape Natascha Kampusch | |
| The 18-year-old fled her basement prison on 23 August. Her abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil, committed suicide after her escape. | The 18-year-old fled her basement prison on 23 August. Her abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil, committed suicide after her escape. |
| In the magazine interview, Ms Kampusch says: "All I thought about was escape. | |
| "I asked myself over and over again, why me? Among the many millions of people in the world, why did this happen to me? I always had the thought I was not born into this world to be locked up and to allow my whole life to be ruined. | |
| "I despaired over this injustice. I felt like a poor battery hen or battery chicken. You [meaning the interviewer] have obviously seen my dungeon on television and in the media, so you know how small it was. It was desperate." | |
| About her abductor Wolfgang Priklopil, she says: "I had the choice either to be alone or in his company. And these alternatives were not very enticing." | |
| She then goes on to defend him but says she dreamt about chopping his head off: | |
| "You shouldn't talk to me so much about Mr Priklopil because he cannot defend himself any more. I don't find it very nice to complain about a dead person, especially because of his mother. I had bad thoughts. Sometimes I dreamt that if I owned an axe, I would chop his head off." | |
| 'Please help me!' | 'Please help me!' |
| In the TV interview, the girl described how she tried to signal for help with her eyes during occasional outings with her abductor, the ORF said. | In the TV interview, the girl described how she tried to signal for help with her eyes during occasional outings with her abductor, the ORF said. |
| "She told me... she made eye contact with people time and again and wanted to signal them: 'Please help me.' And nobody reacted," said ORF's Christoph Feurstein, who interviewed Ms Kampusch. | "She told me... she made eye contact with people time and again and wanted to signal them: 'Please help me.' And nobody reacted," said ORF's Christoph Feurstein, who interviewed Ms Kampusch. |
| "There were moments in the interview that really gave me the creeps," Mr Feurstein said. | "There were moments in the interview that really gave me the creeps," Mr Feurstein said. |
| ORF spokesman Michael Krause said the interview with Ms Kampusch took place in "a secret location". | ORF spokesman Michael Krause said the interview with Ms Kampusch took place in "a secret location". |
| "She was not disguised or hidden. You could see her normally," Mr Krause said. | "She was not disguised or hidden. You could see her normally," Mr Krause said. |
| Punished | Punished |
| The chief editor of ORF, Brigette Handlos, said Ms Kampusch was "very tough, very strong, very outspoken". | The chief editor of ORF, Brigette Handlos, said Ms Kampusch was "very tough, very strong, very outspoken". |
| "There were no tears, there was no interruption. She went through this one-hour interview in a very straightforward way," she told the BBC. | "There were no tears, there was no interruption. She went through this one-hour interview in a very straightforward way," she told the BBC. |
| She said the kidnap victim had revealed details about the conditions imposed upon her. | She said the kidnap victim had revealed details about the conditions imposed upon her. |
| "She was kept in this very small room and when she did not obey, he simply turned down the lights for two days, three days, whatever he felt like... She obviously realises this was totally wrong what he did." | "She was kept in this very small room and when she did not obey, he simply turned down the lights for two days, three days, whatever he felt like... She obviously realises this was totally wrong what he did." |
| Until now, Ms Kampusch's only public comments have come in a statement read by a psychiatrist last week, although the Austrian media also published what it said were the remarks the girl made to police after her escape. | Until now, Ms Kampusch's only public comments have come in a statement read by a psychiatrist last week, although the Austrian media also published what it said were the remarks the girl made to police after her escape. |
| Other international channels will be able to show the TV interview at 2200 GMT. | |